216283E. MobileYouth® — Youth marketing mobile culture since 2001. Millee.org. McGraw-Hill and Wipro to Develop mConnect — an Affordable Mobile Learning Platform — to Reduce Skills Gap in Emerging Markets Announcement Made at World Economic Forum Where Global Talent Crisis to be Major Focus DAVOS, SWITZERLAND, January 26, 2011— The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE: MHP), a premier global financial information and education company, and Wipro, a leading technology solutions provider, will work together to develop “mConnect,” an open-standard mobile learning platform designed to bridge the skills gap in emerging markets.
Initial pilots in India will focus on the most critical needs for India’s students and workers: test preparation for entrance into universities that will best prepare them for the workplace and English-language training, an increasingly essential skill in the global economy.