CCI LEARNING SOLUTIONS ANNOUCES PARTNERSHIP WITH INTOUCH CAREER COLLEGE
Microsoft IT Academy Provides Students with Digital Literacy Skills
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Langley, BC – February 4th, 2010
CCI Learning Solutions is thrilled to announce its partnership with InTouch Career College in Regina, Saskatchewan. As of February 3rd, 2010, InTouch Career College became an Advanced Microsoft IT Academy, subsequently providing its students with the opportunity to acquire the digital literacy skills that are required in today’s academic and professional markets.
The Advanced Microsoft IT Academy program enables academic learning institutions to connect the world of education to the world of work by allowing faculty and students to obtain innovative technology skills in an academic setting. More specifically, students have access to both business courses for Office and technical courses leading to certification in Microsoft technologies, as well as tools such as courseware, seminars, workshops and clinics. Microsoft IT Academies benefit from world-class Microsoft curriculum and cutting edge software tools to experience real-world challenges in the classroom environment. Jeff Johnson, Area Lead for Microsoft Learning in North America, explains that “the IT Academy is designed to keep pace and meet the employment prep needs of students while also providing a host of resources for faculty and staff of the institution to be more proficient with the latest innovations.”
The announcement of this dynamic partnership enforces both CCI Learning Solutions and InTouch Career College’s conjunctive desire to facilitate personal and professional growth for students, particularly amidst the competitive nature of the current business market. “We are delighted to provide InTouch Career College students with the opportunity to gain the relevant and practical skills that actively enable them to excel in both their academic and professional careers,” says Vanessa Hatchard, Vice President of Business Development at CCI Learning. “The Microsoft applications available to IT Academy students are truly unique in that they are able to provide industry recognized Microsoft qualifications are innately valuable to pupils entering the workplace.”
This strategic relationship demonstrates CCI Learning’s goal to perpetuate valuable and relevant information technology skills among North American students. CCI Learning Solutions offers complete solutions for teaching and validating essential skills needed in today's workplace. CCI provides approved courseware for instructor led classes, e-learning courses, blended training solutions and is a Microsoft Office Specialist Authorized Exam Distributor of the official Microsoft Office Specialist and Microsoft Certified Application Specialist exams. For more information about CCI, please visit
www.ccilearning.com.
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