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TCS iON, a unit of IT services major Tata Consultancy Services, on Friday said it has launched a free 15-day self-paced digital course to help educators enhance their digital teaching skills. The programme called 'Career Edge Digital Teacher' requires about 1-2 hours of daily effort for 15 days, and will enable teachers to utilise novel teaching strategies for the digital world by helping them gain a better understanding of the available digital learning tools, a statement said. The course also covers essential techniques for conducting assessments remotely, it added. The online course can be accessed from anywhere, anytime and via any device cellphones, laptops, desktops and tablets. TCS iON noted that the pandemic has put enormous stress on millions of teachers by forcing them to adopt digital tools to conduct their classes. The programme has been specially designed to equip aspiring and practising educators with essential skills and competencies to make their journey to digit
TCS iON, the wing of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) offering cloud-based solutions, plans to expand its operations in Japan, Birtain and Ireland.It says it would offer a new set of education solutions, which it hopes will help it outpace the consolidated growth rate of TCS. The information technology behemoth's arm has a revenue mix where the education vertical comprises 20 per cent of its revenue; the small and medium business (SMB) segment accounts for another 30 per cent. The rest is from operations in the 'high stake assessments' vertical -- this comprises competitive examinations such as the CAT and others."We are launching a set of products in the B2C (business to consumer) space in the education vertical. In the next five years, we believe, revenue contribution from this vertical to our top line can go up to 50 per cent," V Ramaswamy, global head at TCS iON, told Business Standard.It has launched an education hub online in India, where students and others may purchase course ..