Pilot 01

School of Software Engineering

A meaningful alternative to conventional college education.

You will design, build, explain and improve real software. Six months, guided practice, one capstone. The certificate is the record. The work is the proof.

The pilot at a glance

Interest only / Proposed pilot

Programme
Software Engineering
Duration
Six months (proposed)
Cohort
15 to 20 learners (proposed)
Delivery
Online first
Credential
Certificate of completion
Issued by
SETHUPATHI TECHNOLOGIES LLP

A private skills programme. Not a college, not a degree, and no placement guarantee.

Why SETHU Schools?

Because a certificate matters less than what you can show. Everything below is said plainly, and nothing here has to be taken on trust.

  1. What we teach: Future-proof skills that matter for real software work, on real projects, from month one.
  2. What we look for: Ability and work. Not paper credentials, not who you know, not which school you attended.
  3. What it costs: Fees and scholarships are not yet published, and this page will say that until they are.
  4. What you leave with: A portfolio you own and a certificate of completion with a unique, checkable reference.

Six months, six outputs

MONTH 01 Programming foundations Small programs and a Git repository MONTH 02 Web fundamentals A responsive multi-page website MONTH 03 Backend and data A working CRUD application MONTH 04 Engineering practice A tested app with documentation MONTH 05 Team project Project milestones and a review log MONTH 06 Capstone A portfolio-ready project, presented

Prove it small. Then do more.

One school is running, not five. The assessment rubric is proposed and published in advance. The fee is unannounced until it is fixed. Every claim on this site has to be provable by you or by the LLP that runs it.

To be published

The pilot in six minutes

This film does not exist yet. It will appear here when it is recorded — unedited, or not at all.

[01] What this is, and what it is not

A skills school, not a college.

  • 01 A private, online-first, project-driven skills-learning initiative.
  • 02 Complements school or college. It does not replace a degree or a licence.
  • 03 Issued by SETHUPATHI TECHNOLOGIES LLP, a company registered in Tamil Nadu.
  • 04 A certificate of completion that lists the programme, the dates and the assessment method.

Private skills programme from SETHUPATHI TECHNOLOGIES LLP. Not a college or university, and no guaranteed placement or salary.

If a claim cannot be sourced, it is not on this site. See the credential record.

[02] Why learning works this way
  1. Real projects, not toy exercises Every lab ends in something you can open and read. The capstone is a public artefact, not a worksheet.
  2. A mentor reads your work Code review and design critique are part of the mark, every week. You are marked on the work, never on who you know.
  3. You build a portfolio you own Six documented projects in a repository you control. No lock-in, no hidden fees for access to your own work.
  4. No surprises at assessment The rubric and the task are published in advance. You are never graded on a rule you first see afterwards.
  5. A record anyone can check The certificate of completion carries a unique identifier, the programme, the dates and the issuer.
[03] How learning works

Short lesson. Then you build.

Every week follows the same shape. A short explanation, a guided exercise, then a lab you finish on your own and defend in a review.

[01]

Lesson

Twenty to thirty minutes on one idea. No lecture theatre.

[02]

Guided exercise

You write code in the session, with a mentor watching the file.

[03]

Lab

A task you finish alone, against a written rubric.

[04]

Review

Someone reads your code or your layout and tells you what is wrong.

[05]

Demonstration

You present the work, answer questions, and write down what you learned.

[05] Assessment

Five things are measured.

The weights below are proposed. The final rubric is published before admissions open, so nobody is graded on a rule they first see afterwards.

Proposed, not final

Dimension Weight How it is assessed
Conceptual understanding 20% Quizzes, oral explanations and short written responses.
Practical assignments 30% Individual work, marked against a written rubric.
Projects 30% Functionality, quality, originality, documentation and iteration.
Communication and collaboration 10% Peer work, presentations and technical writing.
Final demonstration 10% A live walkthrough, questions and a short reflection.
[06] What you leave with

Proof, in a form someone can check.

  • Portfolio Six projects, documented, in a public repository.
  • Certificate Completion certificate issued by SETHUPATHI TECHNOLOGIES LLP.
  • Record A verification record with a unique identifier.
  • Feedback Mentor notes against a competency rubric.
  • Preparation CV, interview practice and professional writing.

No placement guarantee and no salary figure. It does not replace a degree, and no UGC or AICTE recognition is claimed. Fees are unannounced until they are fixed.

Referrals happen only where a real partner and a real opening exist.

[07] Admissions path

Five steps, each with a date or a status.

How selection works
  1. [01]

    Register interest

    Name and one contact. No documents.

    Open now
  2. [02]

    Application

    Short form, two written answers.

    Opens with admissions
  3. [03]

    Practical task

    One task, published in advance.

    Published in advance
  4. [04]

    Selection

    Marked against the published rubric.

    Within 14 days
  5. [05]

    Onboarding

    Fees, consent and the first session.

    Before month one

Dates for steps 2 to 5 are not yet published. They appear here and on the admissions page before the window opens.

Selection, explained on film.

One short film will walk the two answers, the practical task and the rubric, in the same order as the steps above.

To be published

How selection works

This walkthrough is not published yet. The written steps above are the same content in words.

Questions, answered on film.

The questions we hear most, answered in short films, each with a transcript on the FAQ page to read instead.

Read the written answers
To be published

The questions we hear most

Video answers are not recorded yet. The FAQ page carries every written answer.

[08] Built by

The company that runs this.

SETHUPATHI TECHNOLOGIES LLP builds and operates software from Tenkasi. These products are live. That is the whole claim.

A factual list of products. Nothing here promises that learners will work on them or be hired by the company.

  • JTS GO Visit Programming language, compiler and development kit.
  • JayPOS Visit Billing, inventory and GST reports that work offline.
  • JAY ERP Visit Inventory, purchasing, sales and customer records in one database.
  • JAY Mail Visit Domain mailboxes with WhatsApp verification.
  • JAY AI Visit Customer assistant and automation platform.
  • JAY OFFICE Visit Eleven office applications on infrastructure you control.
To be published

The products, on film

Walkthroughs of the LLP's products are not published yet. The list is the current state of affairs.

[09] Manifesto

SETHU should be known for what its learners can build, not only for the certificates they hold.