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

[waudo siganga]

Why is partnering with KASNEB a "Strategic Objective' of the ICT
Board? Does it mean that the Board sees the running of ICT
examinations and, presumably, professionalism as a responsibility
of accountants? To me the strategic objective should be to ensure
ICT education and professionalism are established under statutory
recognition in their own right. The only advantage accountants
have is the statutory recognition and if we plan properly we will
reach there. I do not want to derail this new partnership but I
hope it is short term.

BTW KASNEB does not have the technical capacity to make any ICT
Syllabus. They had to call in a team of ICT experts, including
me, to write the CICT syllabus for them. The syllabus we made out
is geared for accountants.

Kind Regards,
Waudo


On Fri, 5 Sep 2008 15:47:20 +0300, "Al Kags" <alkags at alkags.com> said:

  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
  [1]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 [2]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.

References

1. mailto:publicpanels at ict.go.ke
2. mailto:publicpanels at ict.go.ke
People make a plan work, a plan alone seldom makes people work (Confucius).

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