[kictanet] ICDL - I apologise

[Walubengo J]

...thanx Captain(rtd) for the clarification. its just that sometimes when things move slightly slower than expected, one begins to wonder and speculate where the bottleneck maybe...

we definitely need a solid "Examining Body" to anchor IT skill proficiency exams and in the absence of consensus from the multitude of (real and imagined) ICT bodies in Kenya, KASNEB is truly the best bet to get this off the ground. 

walu.

--- On Mon, 8/30/10, J.R. Kirongothi <kirongothi at kasneb.or.ke> wrote:

From: J.R. Kirongothi <kirongothi at kasneb.or.ke>
Subject: Re: [kictanet] ICDL - I apologise(RESTRICTED ACCESS)
To: jwalu at yahoo.com
Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
Date: Monday, August 30, 2010, 11:46 AM



 
 


  Hi all,
 
    
  Thankyou for allowing me to join your mailing list. I wish to 
  contirbute to the discussion above dated august 
6. 
    
  Robert raised an issue which is of concern across board i.e., to all 
  other stakeholders including some trainers, which is: The standard of training in IT in 
  Kenya. I recall a meeting with Dr. Ndemo and Mr. Kukubo and others which 
  proposed a taskforce to look into the issue of IT training in Kenya. As Dr. 
  Ndemo puts it, an examining body must exist to ensure the syllabus coverage 
  and skills imparted before any certification. This way, any employer or other 
  stakeholder is assured of quality when engaging a certified graduate. KASNEB 
  mandate has now been expanded to include accreditation of colleges that train 
  for its examinations. Consequently, KASNEB has established a directorate to 
  specifically address issues of accreditation in order to ensure quality 
  training. The mandate of KASNEB is to develop syllabuses, conduct professional 
  and technician examinations and certification of candidates in finance, 
  accountancy, management, information technology among other related 
  disciplines, a task it has handled well since 1969 (as Dr Ndemo cites the 
  preference of CPA over other foreign accountancy 
  examinations). 
    
  The taskforce Walu mentions, of which I am also a member, was appointed 
  by KASNEB. This taskforce was never meant to create or replicate a local 
  version of ICDL but to come up with an end user basic skills or minimum 
  computer literacy curriculum that not only addresses local needs but is also 
  globally competitive. The taskforce commenced by addressing and researching on 
  “What constitutes minimum computer literacy in Kenya?” Armed with the 
  findings, the taskforce settled down to work coming up with a content that was 
  presented to the various committees of KASNEB as per the procedure of 
  developing a curriculum. By the way, Walu must have misconceived a challenge 
  in the Board’s perception because the Board of KASNEB has been very supportive 
  of the whole idea including the electronic system approach, and even provided 
  a lot of input at various stages of the development of the curriculum. (Alex, 
  you were a member of the taskforce. You can confirm).  In fact, KASNEB is now in the final 
  stages of the development of the curriculum, before releasing the content to a 
  wider circle of stakeholders for their input. It is worthy to note that KASNEB 
  is a service oriented, not for profit State Corporation and charges only 
  administrative costs as fees hence the low cost Walu mentions. This supports 
  Harry’s comment that money is not the issue and the concern of losing 
  traditional income streams does not therefore 
  arise. 
    
  KASNEB is open to suggestions and positive critique and welcomes new 
  ideas that are aimed at promoting professionalism in Kenya and 
  beyond.
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