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

Sat Sep 6 17:00:37 EAT 2008

The ICT Board's idea of "reviewing, identifying gaps, enhancing the
quality etc within KASNEB's CICT exam is very logical at a
glance. Unfortunately the approach reveals several ommissions and
commisions on the Board's part regarding the way in which it has handled one
of its most critical mandates - ICT education,professionalim and capacity
building. At the risk of sounding like one to whom money has being poured to
finish the ICT Board, I will (un) humbly make the following submissions:

1. Whereas the above partnership could have some merits, the Board must stop
loosing sight of the bigger picture. CICT is not the route to establishing
quality assurance within the ICT profession. An exhaustive exploration of
options including perspectives of other examining bodies must be considered.

2. The Board should engineer an original process on its own. Purporting to
audit the syllabus of a sister state corporation adversely projects the
attributes of the ICT Board and the entire ICT professional community - A
non starter running after KASNEB to offer solutions and do its job.Its
typical of a disorganized fellow who deserts his unkempt home only to go and
issue cooking orders to a neighbours wife.

3. Its critical that the Board institutes a research arm instead of relying
entirely on impromptu contibutions of stakeholders. Sitting in posh offices
along Waiyaki way to write recommendations to forward to KASNEB is a
doomed overture. One is tempted to conclude that the Board is short of
ideology and is at best a bother to other entities whose houses are in
order.

4. The Board must stop exploiting Kenyans in the name of pro bono (Voluntary
participation). Quality comes at a cost. Whereas most of us wouldn't mind
giving some hours to the cause of nation building, its both un African and
unscriptural to engage people numerously without any sense of consideration.
The ICT Board is not an NGO or ? What about your budget?

Kamotho Njenga
Lecturer, UON and
Chairman, ICT Association of Kenya (ICTAK)

On 9/5/08, Al Kags <alkags at alkags.com> wrote:
>
> 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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