The National Education Foundation (NEF) was founded in 1989, after consultations with national leaders including former President Bill Clinton and Intel founder Dr. Gordon Moore. The NEF is the world's leading nonprofit organization, providing high quality, affordable 21st Century online education and mentoring to millions of students and jobseekers in many countries including the U.S., India, Egypt, Jordan and Mauritius. Learn more about the NEF initiatives.

THE MIITE CONTEST

A million Indian college students/graduates can participate in the MIITE Contest in 2010-2011. The Contest will be launched in the Fall of 2010. The Contest is open to any college student or graduate seeking jobs. Every participant will be required to sign up for the universally recognized Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) or ADOBE Certified Associate (ACA) certification. The MOS participant has to pass exams in Word, Excel and PowerPoint. The ACA participant must pass Flash, Photoshop and Dreamweaver exams. Everyone who passes either the 3 MOS exams or the 3 ACA exams would qualify for the following prizes.

PRIZES

  • First Prize: Rs. 3 lacs or a new car + job interview with a participating employer + choice of any one of the 50 much needed soft skills (business, communications, marketing, sales, customer relations, Project Management etc.) or IT (Microsoft, Cisco, Oracle, Sun, A+, Net+, Security+, Web Master, eCommerce, IT Security etc.) skills online Web-based course packages at www.nefuniversity.org

  • Second Prize: Rs. 2 lacs or a new car + job interview with a participating employer + choice of any one of the 50 much needed soft skills or IT skills online Web-based course packages at www.nefuniversity.org

  • Third Prize: Rs. 1 lac or a new car + job interview with a participating employer + choice of any one of the 50 much needed soft skills or IT skills online Web-based course packages at www.nefuniversity.org

  • 4th through 20th prizes: Laptops + job interview with a participating employer + choice of any one of the 50 much needed soft skills or IT skills online Web-based course packages at www.nefuniversity.org

  • Prizes 21-100: iPods or Microsoft Game box + job interview with a participating employer + choice of any one of the 50 much needed soft skills or IT skills online Web-based course packages at www.nefuniversity.org

  • Prizes 101-3,000: job interview with a participating employer + choice of any one of the 50 much needed soft skills or IT skills online Web-based course packages at www.nefuniversity.org

  • Prizes 3,001-1,000,000: choice of any one of the 50 much needed soft skills business & communications or IT skills online Web-based course packages at www.nefuniversity.org

CONTEST FINALE: At the end of the Contest, winners will be posted on the MIITE website. The top 20 winners will be invited to a final real time contest on national TV. The winners will then be ranked and awarded prizes in an award ceremony presided by a national leader such as the Prime Minister.