Skill Development:A Perception Study of Top Level Functionaries on SUITS

Skill Development is developing self and skill sets to add value for the organization and for own career development. School-University-Industry-Tie-up-Scheme (SUITS) is an IT programme evolved by the principal author during 2008-2009 and being executed at Bharathidasan University for the past eight years, which creates a new path in school education for skill based learning in IT. SUITS offer IT programmes which sow the seeds of information technology in the young minds enabling them to emerge out as the future scientists, IT applicants and technologists. It empowers and imparts confidence in the minds of the school students by providing university certification, after due completion of required credits. It promotes the schools as flexible skill-based training centres for empowering the students with employable skills. This programme exclusively caters to the needs of middle, high school and secondary school students and it offers a pedagogical curriculum and adds more value to their career in the state of Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry. The study has been carried out among the top level functionaries of the SUITS implementing schools in Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry, pertaining to the perception of the SUITS.