The thrust on IT in the new investment policy may be a good idea but according to the owner of one of the very first IT training institutes in the state, Goan students are generally unaware of what it is they want to do and not as intellectually challenging as students in other parts of the country.
Many of the Goan students would register training center when an advertisement appeared in the paper for a job in the public sector. If the requirement for selection mentioned a computer qualification then there would be students signing up for the three month short term courses. With approximately 1000 students studying in the three centers, the training institute is one of the oldest that is still surviving in the state. The industry he said was not regulated by any government body.
In 2001 there were around 20 computers institutes set up by people who were essentially fly by night operators. There were complaints of exorbitant fees being charged and the state government decided to step in and evaluate these institutes. The University of Goa evaluated training centers and passed for a year in 2001-2002 after that nothing happened.” None of the institutes in the state or in the rest of the country ware recognized by the government.
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