subject: Overview Of It Education In India [print this page] India is the world's second most populous country in the whole world, followed by China. But when we talk about literacy rate in India, it lags significantly below than other developing and developed nations of the world. Though India has made great strides in improving her education system and has grown high in terms of making people aware of the importance of education, promoting education and expanding literacy to almost two third of the Indian population, in recent years.
In India, IT education has gained immense popularity for the reason that it offers great job opportunities to an IT professional. India is considered as a hub for IT education. The upcoming small firms as well as Big MNCs do trust Indian IT professionals, offering lucrative jobs to them. Not only IT industry but several sectors in India have started booming at a good pace. IT education upon booming demand of IT professionals has really been driven the growth of this industry from over a decade. India is expected to lead the world in IT sector for other several decades.
IT education is receiving so much admiration because the pay scale in IT jobs is really high and it offers financial stability to the professionals, where other career options may not offer such big advantage to an individual. Incorporated with several benefits, IT sector is the backbone of any industry and why not, today's world is totally depending upon technology.
An individual pursuing an IT course either in software programs or networking and hardware programs can become specialized to seek a job in any of those. The institutes offering various IT courses are of international standards in terms of imparting education & training, infrastructure and other facilities. Due to increasing demand of IT professionals in India, many universities and institutes are offering specialized courses to make the students expert. IT education in India is considered a prestige that offers a better life opportunity and offers a recognition to an individual.
Over the years, India has become a desired destination for IT training. Students from all over the world come to India to seek training in IT. They find India a best destination to offer a standard IT training program and a good practical knowledge incorporated with the program makes their learning experience even better.
Also, a rise in IT industry in India has given a boom to the Indian economy. And the same is predicted to be prevalent in the near future. All in all, IT education in India is the present and the future of Indian economy. Because of imparting best IT education to the students, many Indian universities are listed among the world's top 200 universities like Indian Institute of Technology 2005 and 2006, according to the study revealed by Times Higher Education. As per Asia Week's study, Birla Institute of Technology and Science- Pilani, along with six other Indian institutes were listed in the top 20 universities.
