[kictanet] ICDL to be Gazetted: Is Open Office recognized?

[waudo siganga]

I have never heard of any government mandating a "computer
literacy standard" leave alone unilaterally without any
consultations with stakeholders. In fact a "computer literacy
standard" exists nowhere because there is no accepted definition
for "computer literacy". Maybe the Government is heading back to
the comfortable days of "command and control" in ICT Policy where
pronouncements are simply made from ivory towers by people who
know eveything and need to consult no-one. Let's hope I am wrong.

Waudo

On Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:40 -0800, "wesley kirinya"
<kiriinya2000 at yahoo.com> wrote:

  KTN's Business news says that the government will only recognize
  (and will gazette) computer literacy as someone who at least has
  ICDL. Microsoft was mentioned (by the guy narrating the news).
  Dr.Ndemo confirmed (in the news clip) ICDL as Spreadsheet, Word
  processor, Presentation and Database. Open Office has similar
  packages. Can Dr. Ndemo at least confirm whether Open Office and
  any other office packages are recognized by government? or in
  other words what content makes an ICDL package? I find it
  mind-blowingly strange that Microsoft's Office products would be
  the only ones recognized as ICDL (as mentioned in the news clip).
  O_o?
 

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