[kictanet] Professional Certification and Standardization a Must, is this feasible?

[waudo siganga]

Hi Barrack -  At the moment there is no statutory framework for IT
professional Standards and Certification and any efforts have to rely on
voluntary uptake. Perhaps Capt (Rtd) Kirongothi of ITSA (who I presume
is lurking somewhere in a corner of the list) could have some update.
Some years back we had a discussion on this list and some were even
opposed to such standards which they argued appeared like regulating
creativity and innovation. I am not sure that DIT has any mandate in the
standards area. Perhaps KEBS where you are doing some work implementing
ISO 2700 could be a better vehicle.



On Mon, Apr 23, 2012, at 01:04 PM, Barrack Otieno wrote:
> Listers,
> 
> I am just going through an article by Harry Hare in the CIO magazine
> Vol 4 March 2012. He mentions efforts by the Computer Society of Kenya
> and the IT standards association to institutionalise some form of
> standards, it appears there is no organisation to spearhead this
> initiative. I am involved in Standards developement at Kenya Bureu of
> Standards (ISO 27000 series) together with a number of colleagues on
> the list and must admit it has been frustrating to get this message
> out there to the industry, how practical is it to use the Directorate
> of industrial training to enforce this?
> 
> Best Regards
> 
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