A good education is a passport to a more productive and rewarding life. Strong educational systems produce the entrepreneurs, technologists, thinkers, knowledge workers, teachers, and leaders who collectively make it possible for economies and communities to prosper. Moreover, Cisco’s future success and sustainability depend on recruiting employees who have a firm educational grounding based on innovative curricula and relevant skill building.
There is a critical need for universal access to high-quality education in the world today. Unfortunately, significant barriers stand in the way of achieving this goal, ranging from teacher shortages and gender inequality to educators’ inability to take advantage of the latest pedagogical techniques and web 2.0 technologies. Cisco has joined with public- and private-sector partners to overcome these barriers, not only by sponsoring a spectrum of educational initiatives, but also by working towards a holistic transformation of global educational systems that promises to provide 21st century students with the skills and knowledge they need to thrive in a global economy.
For more than a decade, Cisco has played a leading role in supporting initiatives aimed at furthering technical education around the world, particularly in developing countries and among underserved populations. Broad in scope and international in breadth, the Cisco Networking Academy combines cutting-edge technology and pedagogy to train instructors and deliver interactive course content to today’s highly connected students in many different classroom settings. The innovations and best practices that we have developed in the academies have taken root in many other Cisco education initiatives.
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