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Microsoft plans teachers training facility in Chennai

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Chennai , March 28

MICROSOFT India plans to launch a teacher training facility in Chennai to enable teachers adopt best techniques in imparting IT knowledge and practice to students.

Mr Ravi Venkatesan, Chairman, Microsoft, India, expressed this during his meeting on Monday with the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Ms J. Jayalalithaa, according to a State Government press release.

The Chief Minister indicated that Microsoft's proposal could be taken forward so that IT education is made more popular in Tamil Nadu schools, the release said.

Mr Venkatesan also brought to the Chief Minister's notice the Microsoft's efforts to bring out Tamil language software, which will enable widespread use of personal computers.

He also explained Microsoft's plan to popularise an affordable personal computer with popular software in Tamil so that the spread of computer literacy and use can be even more rapid, the release said.

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