HCL Tech to hire high-school students to train them as software engineers

HCL will provide training for three months to 100 students each in its Lucknow and Madurai campuses

HCL Technologies will train 200 high-school students for a year beginning April and absorb them in entry-level software jobs.

HCL will, through this programme, provide a combination of academic courses for nine months and on-the-job training for three months to 100 students each in its Lucknow and Madurai training campuses. The students will learn application development, software testing, application support, and infrastructure management services.

After completing the course, the students will be awarded a certificate in information technology by SSN College of Engineering. They will also be taken on in various projects of HCL Technologies at a starting salary of