In the past year, Oracle Academy worked with more than 15,000 educational institutions across 128 countries, supporting more than 6.3 million students worldwide to prepare them for careers in our technology-driven global economy.

Today, we have a new Oracle Academy program for you available with some outstanding benefits. Oracle Academy’s free program leverages Oracle’s global technology leadership to offer a complete portfolio of computer science education resources to secondary schools; technical, vocational, and two-year colleges; and 4-year colleges and universities, with the goal of helping students become college and career ready. To support continuous computer science learning at all levels, we make available a variety of free resources that can be used in the classroom and in not-for-profit academic course- and degree-related research, including technology, curriculum and course ware, student workshops, educator training, and Oracle industry certification and exam preparation materials.

Students develop computer science and business skills while using production software used widely across hundreds of industries, at the same time that educators keep updated with current technology through ongoing professional development. Oracle Academy’s comprehensive curriculum offerings are created by professional educators and enable educational institutions to offer computer science course pathways lasting from one semester to three full years. The delivery of Teacher and faulty training is given through a blended learning model that combines our hosted curriculum with classroom instruction, skill-building activities, and online assessments that provide immediate feedback.

Students engage in hands-on learning and develop skills in Java Programming, Database Design, SQL and/or PL/SQL along with career skills such as problem solving, collaboration, and critical thinking. Students gain the knowledge and practical skills that will help them advance their academic studies in IT or enter the job market across industries. Oracle Academy’s courses Java Foundations and Database Foundations align to Oracle professional certifications, allowing students and faculty members to demonstrate your database and Java knowledge and skills with a distinction that is recognized by IT professionals industries. Java Foundations Certified Junior Associate and the Oracle Database Foundations Certified Junior Associate credentials arm students with the fundamentals of Java programming and database conceptual knowledge.

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