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SUSE Academic Program opens doors to open source education

The new SUSE Academic Program has been launched to make open source software, training curriculum, tools and support available to all learning institutions, to teach and develop open source software with their students, at little to no cost. The curriculum includes courses for SUSE Linux Certified Administrator (SCA), among others.
SUSE Academic Program opens doors to open source education
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The SUSE Academic Program provides the following benefits to participating organisations:

  • Training materials for certified Linux and other courses for trainers and students.
  • Campus use of training materials for teaching students.
  • Purchase of SUSE products with special pricing, terms and conditions.
  • Access to SUSE tools and products for lab environments, software development or other education settings.
  • Access to the SUSE knowledge base, forums and support.

The program gives participating institutions free access to SUSE Training curriculum for both trainers and students, with rights to use the training curriculum across the campus for educational, non-commercial purposes. Along with access to training materials, SUSE provides free access to resources and open source tools for software development. SUSE also offers a beneficial buying program allowing participants to purchase SUSE products at the right level of support, with terms and conditions available to and priced for educational institutions only.

“As the open source company, SUSE is readying teachers and students for the future with free access to our extensive knowledge of technology and software,” said Matthew Lee, regional manager for SUSE Africa. “The SUSE Academic Program is a simple way for qualifying academic institutions to experience the value of SUSE technology, training materials and customised offerings with no participation fee or minimum order requirement. We’re committed to helping schools with the tools and technology they need to prepare students for tomorrow.”

For more about the SUSE Academic Program and its various offerings, including registration information, visit www.suse.com/academic.

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