[kictanet] ICDL - I apologise

[aki]

Mwendwa,

The cheap college attracting students on bogus packages is a crime.
Though am not a web developer and from an ICT view,  what the colleges
are doing is pure fraud. They need to be shut down as allowing some
middle ground and accepting that educational costs are expensive and
therefore they are free to con innocent kenyans is beyond
unacceptable.

Here is why I think it is a crime :

1) Student pays Ksh 4,000/- to learn FrontPage
2) FrontPage is installed on College computers
3) Since the FrontPage product ended life a few years ago, where did
the college get software license keys ( pirated software ? )  for
installation, updates etc
4) Student learns to build FrontPage Server side scripts by creating
forms that allow web users to sign on personal information
5) Student is content that he/she has learnt about the web and can now
design websites etc.

Facts :

1) FrontPage Server side scritps were End Of Life product in 2008.
Designing web sites with FronPage that use these scripts are not
supported.

2) Student leaves college. Where will he/she apply the knowledge
learnt since the infrastructure does not exist? For a website to work,
it must have a server. Its like saying one can use Netscape Composer
to create website. Where is Netscape these days?

3) Student discovers that they have just been conned!

It should be an offense to teach old or outdated technologies,
especially for financial gain. If its a hobby, that's a different
matter.

My view.


On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 2:34 PM, lordmwesh <lordmwesh at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> The reason cheap colleges continue to attract willing and desperate students
> is because they are able to charge KES4,000 to offer the bogus packages.
>
> regards
> Mwendwa Kivuva
>