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Jun 01, 2010
GTS Learning & CompTIA Educational Foundation to Help Industry Entrants Learn Tech Basics
CompTIA Strata Training Boosts Understanding PC Concepts
Oakbrook Terrace, Ill., June 1, 2010 - To help disadvantaged and disabled individuals open up a career in information technology (IT), GTS Learning Inc. donated 1,000 CompTIA Strata eBooks to the CompTIA Educational Foundation’s Creating Futures program.
Creating Futures now can provide Strata training and certificates at no costs for military veterans, individuals with disabilities, minorities, women, at-risk youth and dislocated workers. CompTIA Strata exams are not certifications, but a confirmation of an individual's understanding of technology basics.
For individuals, completing a CompTIA Strata Fundamentals exam means proof of basic technology skills, and is designed as a stepping stone to a CompTIA A+ certification. For businesses, CompTIA Strata Fundamentals exams can help cut down on IT costs by ensuring that employees have a baseline understanding of hardware components and operating system technologies.
“Our eBook content for CompTIA Strata covers everything Creating Futures participants need to pass the CompTIA Strata IT Fundamentals exam,” said Robin Adda, managing director, GTS Learning Inc. “We’re excited to help bring this program to so many people who are now in the process of changing careers or are just starting out in the business world, especially those who just need a little financial help to get started.”
“No one should feel that they are blocked from a tech career based on their financial situation,” said Charles Eaton, executive director of the CompTIA Educational Foundation. “With GTS Learning’s generous donation, which will be matched by CompTIA dollar for dollar, we can bring hundreds of new people into the industry who will diversity it and make it even more robust. Donations to the Foundation truly enable us to change lives.”
Individuals and companies can make a donation and prospective participants can apply for training by visiting the CompTIA Educational Foundation website, http://www.CompTIA-EF.org.
About GTS Learning Inc.
GTS Learning is one of the USA's leading providers of instructor-led courseware for CompTIA certifications. With more than 11 years of experience, GTS Learning has worked with CompTIA to help promote the concept of vendor-neutral certifications around the world. GTS Learning was the first training content provider to actively promote the CompTIA A+ certification to a global audience. Today, GTS Learning remains the only publisher to focus, almost exclusively, on CompTIA certifications. All of our CompTIA courseware is subjected to the CompTIA CAQC approval process, ensuring that students will be learning directly against CompTIA certification objectives. All GTS Learning titles can be purchased online at www.gtslearning.com.
About the CompTIA Educational Foundation
The CompTIA Educational Foundation provides career opportunities for individuals who historically have been under-represented in the IT workforce. With the support of individuals, industry leaders, companies and the government, the Foundation creates programs aimed at helping U.S. veterans, at-risk youth, women, minorities, dislocated workers, and individuals with disabilities to obtain the technical and business skills employers require. Since its creation in 1998, the Foundation has helped more than 1,000 individuals enter the IT workforce, helping the industry alleviate its shortage of skilled workers. For more information or to make a donation to the CompTIA Educational Foundation, visit http://www.CompTIA-EF.org.
About CompTIA
The Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA) is the voice of the world's information technology (IT) industry. Its members are the companies at the forefront of innovation; and the professionals responsible for maximizing the benefits organizations receive from their investments in technology. CompTIA is dedicated to advancing industry growth through its educational programs, market research, networking events, professional certifications, and public policy advocacy. For more information, visit www.comptia.org.
Donor Contact:
Dennis Zimmerman
Director, CompTIA Educational Foundation
630-678-8477
dzimmerman@comptia-ef.org
Media Contact:
Lisa Fasold
Communications, CompTIA Educational Foundation
703-509-1124
lfasold@comptia.org
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