Bharathidasan University in Tiruchi, Tamil Nadu has planned to extend its one year certificate course in computer to school students in India under their 'School-University-Industry Tie-ups Scheme' (SUITS), that was introduced in August last year.
M. Ponnavaikko, Vice Chancellor of the university, mentioned at the ceremony to mark the graduation of the first batch of SUITS students that everyone including the school teachers, parents and students had appreciated the programme. Ponnavaikko reported that support was provided through computer literacy, in the development of skills and aptitude in little children. He concluded that SUITS has a computer-oriented curriculum that aims at developing the aptitude of students for information technology and entrepreneurial skills.