On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 9:50 AM, Kenneth Gonsalves lawgon@au-kbc.org wrote:
On Monday 05 Oct 2009 6:09:59 pm Vivek Varghese Cherian wrote:
I would be interested in running the certification classes in Mumbai.
we are not doing training - we will be only conducting the exam
With due respects, how much will the NRC FOSS Certification have market value or add value to my or anyone's career ?
hopefully it will have immense market value and be a valuable asset in your CV
Why should anyone who is self taught be interested in this certification, or put in so much time and effort to acquire this certification ?
to improve his/her prospects
This certification at least makes some sense if it gives an opportunity to the tutors to earn a honest and ethical living (either full time or along with their jobs) out of FOSS. Thus they can learn and mentor others who are in need of assistance.
obviously if the certification is in demand, trainers for it will also be in demand. We will certainly help train trainers. But since we are the certifying authority it would be unethical for us to involve ourselves in training.
One popular North American Linux Vendor (of which CentOS is a community edition) whose certifications are sort of an accepted standard in the Industry does have authorized training partners all over the world. I know of 2 places in Mumbai that trains and are authorized exam centers for this Linux vendor _at_ the _same_time, one is Vibrant in Andheri and other is Ultramax at Dadar.
So do you mean to say having training partners is an unethical thing and that this particular popular North American vendor is doing something unethical conducting certification tests and having training partners 'coach' the potential certification candidates at the same time ?
I even know that this North American Linux Vendor _did_conduct_training_ programs_for_partners' in Kovalam in Kerala a while back.
Regards,