\New Delhi, Oct 6 (INB) Jamia Senior Secondary School has partnered with the IIT Madras School Connect Programme, providing Classes IX-XII students access to online courses to explore academic interests and career options, the institute said. The programme offers eight-week online certificate courses across Mathematics and Science, Engineering, Computing, Humanities and Management, according to a press release issued by the school on Monday.
The courses cover a range of areas, including data science and artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, economics and finance, law, digital humanities, ecology and forensic sciences, it stated. Students can also explore electronic systems, architecture and design, product design, biological systems, chemical engineering, aerospace, game technology, mathematics and computing, the release said.
For students in Classes IX and X, the courses are intended to help them identify areas of interest before selecting Science, Commerce or Humanities streams in Class XI. Students in Classes XI and XII can use the programme to explore different academic fields before selecting undergraduate programmes and career paths, it added. Jamia said the initiative was supported by Vice-Chancellor Prof Mazhar Asif and Registrar Prof Md Mahtab Alam Rizvi. Principal Dr Mohd Arshad Khan facilitated the school’s participation in the programme. Ms Wasiya Siddiqui, PGT Computer Science, has been nominated as the school’s Single Point of Contact (SPOC) for programme-related communication and coordination, it added. Students who successfully complete the prescribed requirements, including assignments and examinations, will receive e-certificates from IIT Madras CODE, it said.
