BPO firm to give English refresher courses to teachers

It is much needed, as explained by JOYDEEP.
Thanks for referral, Shankar.

Why is Wipro even getting into this ? Why cant they teach english to rural students in india through this initiative. By doing this Wipro is sounding the death knell for the BPO industry in india. Phillies are ready to work at half the rate charged by indians, the only thing that was stopping them was their bad command over the language but now seems like even that is going to dissappear !

It is good. Long back, Bharatya Vidhya Bhavan used to invite specialists and conduct in-house training to its teachers. Of course the expense was born by the School for this effort. Similarly, Govt schools can make use of these services to better the lives of their students. The project can be taken by the Ministry of Education, State. This topic is talking of initiatives at Philippines. Similar efforts to enrich our students will get good rewards in the future Business, in India.

Joydep very well explained. Thanks.

Mr. Joydeep, you have presented the correct facts.  Voice accent, pronunciation and diction are very important for communication, besides good listening skills.  Call Centres and BPOs focus majorly on these issues in a very systematic way, that would certainly be a value addition for the teachers!

You have given the correct points, Joydeep. Keep posting!

People are not aware what is available in a BPO it’s just not good spoken English, you get a process controlled environment, an opportunity to develop your listening skill.
 
What is listening? 

Paying attention, getting into the other persons world, creating a mind map of what is being told.

For this a good grasp of language is needed of the spoken part.

For developing listening one has to kill his arrogance, ego.

Yes it is being done in self interest of the BPO's.

Seems the BPO firm is doing this out of self-interest.  Even then it is a welcome step.  There are many teachers wno are not very comfortable when speaking in English.  It will not only benefit them but also the students.  Being benefitted by this BPO does not mean the students should join a BPO.  They are free to pursue any course of their choice and join any industry.  The language which is used throughout the world (majority) is English and becoming fluent in this language will only be a welcome addition to the student's resume.  @Ardhenu, just because your language is superb, dont think everybody has an equally good vocabulary.  Knowing english is a necessary evil till we Indians develop everything in Hindi or some other Indian language.

RELATIVELY SPEAKING ENGLISH IS THE EASIEST LANGUAGES OF ALL LANGUAGES. HONESTLY IT IS A WELCOMING STEP. THANKS SHANKAR FOR THE REFERRAL.

Really the height of nonsense because I can guarantee that the teachers are indeed well versed with the grammar and language part, may be the BPO's spoken part is excellent but that doesn't makes them superior to the teachers. How can they even think of the same, in many of the interviews I have shown the HR person his/ her real potency when it comes to English as a language. Everyone was just a donkey when confronted with me in the field of this language and literature.
Speaking with foreign nationals doesn't make them lord or knowledgeable to that language.