Arun Khan wrote: > On Monday 18 Aug 2008, Rony wrote: > > > >> institute where I did the course, the 3 months course got dragged to >> 9 months. We were migrating from one room to another and almost every >> time we had to load the OS over the last batch's other OS >> installation. The first 2 modules were very nicely explained with >> good practical time. The last module was taken in short time by >> another faculty and it was more of a demo where more than 15 people >> jostled to view a single monitor where sever setup was demonstrated. >> > > May I ask how much did this place charge per student? The least the > insti could have done is rent a projector so that all could see the > demo. IIRC, one of the conditions for becoming a Redhat training > partner is to provide proper training facilities and hands on practical > time. >
15K for 3 modules. > IMO, the self motivated individuals are better off spending > the "tuition" money in buying hardware and learning it on their own. > At least in this case they will not be jostling for lab time with > others. > > Self learning helps specialize in a particular topic but for overall knowledge gain from almost ground level, a course within a fixed time works better. However even after the course, there is a lot more to learn on one's own and the individual would be in a better position to find his way around. -- Regards, Rony. GNU/Linux ! No Viruses No Spyware Only Freedom. -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
