CAIRO: More than 120 faculty members from 14 countries across Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) will take part in an IT skills training program provided by Oracle Academy.
The participating faculty members currently teach the Oracle Academy’s Advanced Computer Science program or Enterprise Business Applications program, which provide students with business and technology skills that are in-demand in a global economy.
Participants who successfully complete the training may become Oracle Certified Professionals.
The training will take place between July through October in seven countries: Egypt, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Poland, Romania and Slovakia. The curriculum will focus on database programming, SOA, Data Warehousing and Java programming.
The Oracle Academy currently supports 1,900 educational institutions and 277,000 students in 59 countries across EMEA.
Reputed universities in Saudi Arabia such as King Saud University, Umm AlQurra University, Prince Sultan University, and Prince Mohamed Bin Fahad University are part of the Oracle Academy.
“The Oracle Academy offers an intensive curriculum that results in top-notch business and technology training, said Clare Dolan, vice president of Oracle Corporate Citizenship.
“We achieve these results through high-touch, comprehensive instructor training programs like the one we are offering to our EMEA teachers. These programs help ensure that students develop the latest skills required to meet the demands of a global workforce, added Dolan.