Odisha Knowledge Corporation Limited

Odisha Knowledge Corporation Limited, briefly put OKCL, is under the administration of the Electronics & Information Technology (E&IT) Department of Government of Odisha. It is promoted jointly by the Government of Odisha and Maharashtra Knowledge Corporation Limited (MKCL), to create a new paradigm in education and development through universalization and integration of Information Technology in teaching, learning and educational management processes in particular and socio-economic transformative processes in general. OKCL has trained and assessed more than 85000 youth with its flagship IT Literacy Course Odisha State Certificate in Information Technology (OS-CIT). A complete Digital Literacy course, with world class content, OS-CIT has been able to establish a network of more than 500 computer institutes. OKCL also offers a range of vocational courses in eLearning mode to enable seamless learning and skilling of the youth. It also offers a Mastering Track which helps in preparation for various competitive examinations with the help of online evaluation & analysis tools. In addition, OKCL has implemented the e-Vidyalaya project under ICT@Schools scheme, which provides easy access of technology designed to help students in 4000 Government and Government aided high schools to learn beyond regular classroom studies. Over a period of six years OKCL has been able to reach more than 1 lakh people with its mission of Mass IT-literacy, imparting world-class quality learning and skilling. The unique business model of operating and managing a network of more than 500 learning centers and more than 46000 state of the art computer network has helped OKCL to achieve such numbers. An excellent learning progression monitoring system helps in tracking each and every person’s progress, grasp and quality of skills attained. This easily scalable model is equally easily replicable and is increasingly being accepted by a number of state governments in India and abroad.