Govt. cautions job aspirants in IT sector

By Our Special Correspondent

NEW DELHI, APRIL 18. The Government today asked job aspirants in the IT sector to verify the DOEACC certification of computer training institutes before joining courses to avoid disappointment after completion.

Although there is no regulation by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) on opening of computer training centers in the non-formal sector, the Government has an alternative in the form of a scheme known as the Department of Electronics-Accreditation of Computer Courses (DOEACC) in order to standardise and improve the quality of computer education.

Institutions or organisations in the non-formal sector meeting certain norms and criteria, in terms of faculty, software and hardware, are given the DOEACC accreditation at their request. Such institutes are monitored for their performance, including the issue of false advertisements. Wherever an institution is found not conforming to the guidelines, the accreditation is withdrawn, said the Minister of Information Technology, Mr. Pramod Mahajan, in a written reply in the Lok Sabha. The Minister was responding to a query by Mr. P. Elangovan, who wanted to know the steps taken by the Government to curb the mushrooming of IT training centers, which ``almost cheat the public with false propaganda.

Although the loss of revenue to the Government due to software piracy is negligible, several steps have been taken to protect the income of legitimate producers of software.

Among the measures taken are covering intellectual property rights of software under the Copyright law whose violation attracts both fine and imprisonment, notifying the Information Technology Act 2000.

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