[kictanet] ICDL - I apologise

[Solomon Mburu Kamau]

Listers,

On 31/07/2010, aki <aki275 at googlemail.com> wrote:
> Mwendwa,
>
> The cheap college attracting students on bogus packages is a crime.

As long as there is no law which defines a bogus college from a
genuine one, the proprietors of these bogus colleges will continue
making a kill.
As someone from the education sector, the loophole is in the Education
Act, which was last reviewed in 1981. But there are some effort to
review the Act to be more relative to the needs of the current Kenya.

> 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.
>
Again, the law will determine what is legal. There are some colleges
which offer 'sponsored' packages at 'cheap bundled' rates, which they
call ICT. IMHO, ICT is more than learning a few packages!

Can there be a way to contain these bogus institutions which are out
there with an aim of fleecing the unsuspecting students or Kenyans in
general? A pubished list of shame, probably?

Regards,


> 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 It should be an offense to teach old or outdated technologies,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
>>
>
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