[kictanet] Review, identify gaps and enhance the quality of the Certificate of ICT (CICT) qualification

[Al Kags]

The Kenya ICT Board and KASNEB have formed a partnership to review, identify
gaps and enhance the quality of the Certificate of ICT (CICT) qualification
that is managed by KASNEB and offered by various ICT institutions in Kenya.
This collaboration will cover, among other areas:-

   - Working together towards enhancing quality ICT skills in the country
   - Marketing CICT to get industry buy in and endorsement at the same level
   as CPA.
   - Collaborate in conducting a baseline study/survey to determine the
   deficiency of ICT skills and type of skills required.
   - Collaborate to lobby for appropriate legal provisions for the
   establishment of an Institute for the CICT graduates, recognizing KASNEB as
   the examining and the certification body for ICT graduates.
   - Work to gain industry acceptance of CICT certification on same quality
   rating as CPA.

The Kenya ICT Board wishes to convene an ICT Public Panel to develop
industry and stake holder input into the review. We invite the participation
of key sector players in the industry on a voluntary basis, as represented
below:-

   - Industry players (IT products and services suppliers/manufactures
   including Developer Community, Skunkworks etc)  - 5 representatives
   - Business Process Outsourcing and Call Centres - 2 representatives
   - Colleges      representatives - 3 representatives
   - University      representatives - 3 representatives
   - Student representatives – 5
   - Related government ministry's representatives - 3
   - Multinational Corporations - 2


TORs of the Panel.

To review the state of ICT skills in Kenya with a view to identifying gaps
and therefore make recommendations for addressing those gaps as seen in a
global context. The Public Panel deliberations will be made out of a maximum
of three meetings at the Kenya ICT Board Offices on Waiyaki way specifically
on: -

   - Tuesday, September      9, 2008 at 10 am
   - Tuesday, September      16, 2008 at 10 am
   - Tuesday, September      23, 2008 at 10 am

The recommendations will be presented to KASNEB for the review of the
Certification Curriculum, on September 26, 2008 at a venue to be
communicated closer to the date.

This initiative is guided by the Kenya ICT Board's Strategic Objectives,
mainly:

   - To develop and promote competitive ICT Institutions in Kenya
   - To develop and promote competitive ICT industries in Kenya


TO PARTICIPATE
To participate, kindly contact the Public Panels team on
publicpanels at ict.go.ke . Please attach a brief profile of yourself and the
sector that you represent. The Board will then formally invite you to
participate in the Panel. While the formal invitations will be issued
entirely at the discretion of the board, the broad criteria for
participation is as follows:-

   - Demonstrated experience and knowledge in the sub-sector
   - Expressed willingness to serve pro bono
   - Demonstrated general understanding of the educational offering in the
   sector.

We also welcome via email to publicpanels at ict.go.ke written submission on
this topic, representations and opinions from the sector towards this
important exercise and they will also be collated with the
report.
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