BPO Industry in India endorses TOEIC

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NIIT announces endorsement of TOEIC
India Infoline News Service / Mumbai Nov 11, 2008 18:15

The benchmarking exercise will help corporations set acceptance standards while recruiting
NIIT Ltd has announced the endorsement of the TOEIC (Test of English for International CommunicationT) test by leading corporations throughout India. Through NIIT's first nationwide TOEIC test administration, 24/7 Customer, Genpact, Inventurus and Wipro participated in a benchmarking exercise of > their employees' communication skills.
The benchmarking exercise will help corporations set acceptance standards while recruiting. This will also aid in monitoring improvement of communication skills of employees as they undergo training. 24/7 Customer, Wipro and Inventurus join other industry leaders such as - Call2Connect, Fiserv, HCL, HTMT, Steria (Xansa), Minacs (TransWorks) and NIIT Technologies - in their endorsement of the TOEIC test as the established industry criteria for assessing a candidate's proficiency of English for workplace communication.

Calling the first TOEIC test 'a benchmark of its kind in the country,' Ashish Basu, President of New Business Incubation for NIIT, says, 'Participation of blue-chip companies in the TOEIC test is a validation of their acceptance of TOEIC test scores as the criteria for English >communicative ability of individuals at workplace.'

"We plan to roll it out across 20 cities in the next three months,' adds Basu. The TOEIC test, developed by Educational Testing Service (ETS), is the > world's most widely accepted workplace English-language assessment tool. Offered in 90 countries around the world, the TOEIC test is used by more > than 9,000 corporations, educational institutions and government agencies.

The company has announced that TOEIC test administrations will be held every month. During this introductory period, the TOEIC test will be priced at Rs 2495, with a special waiver for students who desire to take the test. As part of the preparation kit for the test, NIIT will provide aspiring candidates with an e-Learning CD that will contain the examinee handbook and sample test content.