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Welcome to FOSS Competency Certification Programmes
The Background
As a part of its efforts to create trained Human Resources in Free/Open Source Software (FOSS), NRCFOSS at AU-KBC has been working with Universities and Colleges for introducing FOSS into their formal curricula, into the theory and laboratory classes as well as projects. This gives an opportunity for enrolled students to acquire FOSS awareness and training even while in college, and as a part of their regular programs. There has been a feeling of late that such a facility should also be made available to a wider cross section of people, beyond those who are formally enrolled in degree programs of universities, such as working persons, graduates yet to be placed, teachers, etc. While reaching the benefits of the FOSS promotion program to a wider audience, this will also increase the availability of FOSS-trained personnel to the Industry.
As one of the ways of realizing this goal, NRCFOSS at AU-KBC proposes to launch several “FOSS Competency Certifications” open to all interested persons with out necessarily having to enroll in a university. Such persons can simply register and take the examination conducted by NRCFOSS, and if they clear the same, they will receive a Certificate from NRCFOSS stating their level of FOSS competence. Certificates at different levels of competence and in different areas of FOSS are proposed to be offered depending on the market needs.
The Proposed Program
For the present, NRCFOSS itself will not be offering any training programs to prepare candidates for the Certificate Examination; the existing Software and IT Training Institutes may be approached for such programs. Interested Institutes may contact NRCFOSS for more details on the Certification program, and for guidance and advice on the kind of training that may be needed to enable the candidates to clear the examination. If needed, NRCFOSS may also evolve a program in future for training the trainers of such Institutes in the areas where NRCFOSS is offering the Certificate Examination.
For further details, prospective candidates and training institutes may contact: fosscertificate@au-kbc.org