Cisco Systems will provide its “Cisco Networking Academy” program, including all the electronic courses, supplementary teaching materials, program support, professional certifications and instructor training, to 35 national Model Software Colleges in China. The programs covered under a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Cisco Systems and China’s Ministry of Education add up to a total value of US$37.7 million.
Cisco said that approximately 10,000 Networking Academy sites currently operate in all 50 of the United States and in 150 countries around the world. More than 400,000 students from high schools, universities, colleges, technical schools, organizations and other training groups take the courses globally. As of April 2004, the number of Cisco Networking Academy sites has reached 198 in China, with 17,370 students enrolled, 20,520 graduated, and 15 courses offered with 1,050 hours of electronic course materials. http://www.cisco.com
