[kictanet] ICDL - I apologise(RESTRICTED ACCESS)

Thu Aug 5 13:11:14 EAT 2010

Hi Walu,

It is good to know that there is a push to resolve this issue.

My proposal would be to have the software developed by a private entity which 
would then do a revenue share with KASNEB whose main resistance is based on a 
fear of loosing their traditional income streams which is examination fees.

Lets look at raising angle funds for anyone who can come up with an online 
testing software that can equal or even rival the likes of smartforce, ICT-Board 
does not have the capacity to handle such an undertaking as they are more of a 
procurement agency.

Dr. Ndemo, we seriously need to enforce legislation otherwise all we shall keep 
loosing our edge as an outsourcing destination.  Maybe having the issue of 
ICT proficiency should be spearheaded by the Ministry of Youth who I believe are 
now responsible for the village polytechnics.  As higher education has dropped 
the ball on this one.

Regards

 Robert Yawe
KAY System Technologies Ltd
Phoenix House, 6th Floor
P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200
Kenya

Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696

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From: Walubengo J <jwalu at yahoo.com>
To: bitange at jambo.co.ke; Paul Kukubo <pkukubo at ict.go.ke>; robert yawe 
<robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk>
Sent: Sat, 31 July, 2010 9:50:08
Subject: Fw:  ICDL - I apologise(RESTRICTED ACCESS)

Ndemo, Paul, Yawe

I do sit on a sub-committee of the KASNEB board and for the last 9mths we were 
tasked to create (replicate) a local version of ICDL.  This sub-committee 
completed its task by way of reviewing the ICDL course outlines with a view to 
including kenyan contexts. Further the sub-committee recommended the creation 
(software development) of an electronic testing platform (again along the lines 
of ICDL) where the exam is booked, administered and marked electronically. Such 
a software would cost money, software engineering skills and time.

But that is NOT the problem since I believe the "skunk-works"  can do this type 
of software if given the money and the time.  The biggest challenge has been 
what I would call (soft-resistance) from the KASNEB full-board in going forward 
with this project. Whereas the CEO (relatively ICT  savvy) wants to go full 
blast with the project, the (older) members of the Board correctly realise that 
such an electronic examination system would totally disrupt their existing 
manual examining model that they have been accustomed to over the last 40yrs 
that KASNEB has existed...(hence the resistance to change)

And so here comes my proposal...get funding from Kenya ICT Board, get software 
engineers from skunkworks to do the electronic examination system, and get 
KASNEB to "adopt" this e-system to administer their local "ICDL" type of 
examinations...this way we knock down the resistance to change barrier from the 
older KASNEB board members - who may actually embrace the system once they see a 
workable model....

Furthermore, the electronic examination system would pay for itself within a 
year from the money thousands of potential students would pay to sit the exam 
(IAT has 3,000 ICDL candidates per year, MMU has about 400, not counting  
Computer pride and others, you have a potential market of 5,000 candidates to 
sit this local exam at even half the price ICDL (ksh3,500) is asking for...

any takers?
walu.

--- On Fri, 7/30/10, bitange at jambo.co.ke <bitange at jambo.co.ke> wrote:

>From: bitange at jambo.co.ke <bitange at jambo.co.ke>
>Subject: Re: [kictanet] ICDL - I apologise
>To: jwalu at yahoo.com
>Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
>Date: Friday, July 30, 2010, 3:03 PM
>
>
>Robert,
>We are still fighting the resistance from the colleges.  There must be
>some examining body to ensure that the sylabbus is covered and the student
>can make good use of the training.  Unfortunately, in this country we want
>to make money at the expense of our  unsuspecting sisters and brothers.
>
>
>Regards
>
>
>Ndemo.
>
>
>
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I would like to apologise to Dr. Ndemo for giving the impression that his
>> team
>> had not done their homework when they recommended that ICDL be the
>> official
>> computer proficiency certification.
>>
>> As is said it is only after you have walked in a man's shoes can you then
>> criticise him, I recently looked at a training manual from one of the
>> local
>> computer colleges that was 10 pages long and covered word, excel,
>> powerpoint,
>> access, frontpage and IE. The exam for each subject was done after 1 day
>> of
>> training, in the case of word it included mailmerge.
>>
>> Each application was covered on less than 2 pages and the entire course
>> takes 10
>> days, Dr. Ndemo the sooner you can operationalise the ICDL issue the
>>  sooner
>> students will stop loosing money to quacks and we shall return to the
>> point of
>> making computer users truly IT proficient.
>>
>> Regards
>>  Robert Yawe
>> KAY System Technologies Ltd
>> Phoenix House, 6th Floor
>> P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200
>> Kenya
>>
>>
>> Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696
>>
>>
>>
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