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

[Barrack Otieno]

Thank you Dr. Siganga, that is the same quagmire we are facing in the
standards developement body where is represent CSK, apparently only
Food and Health related standards are mandatory, from the look of
things it appears Ministry of Trade or Industry has an important role
to play in conjuntion with the Ministry of Information and
Communication, that is why i thought DIT might help enforce since if
the government and Juakali sectors embrace the standards the whole
country will embrace them.

On 4/23/12, Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack at gmail.com> wrote:
> Well i like your argument Liko, thinking aloud certification and
> standardization works well within a defined strategy, do we have a
> national ICT strategy, any one willing to share a copy, i am sure this
> debate might make more sense within such a framework.
>
> On 4/23/12, agostal at gmail.com <agostal at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Maybe there is no value to employers ? I can hire without a government
>> test
>>
>>
>> And what will the test test ? There is Microsoft Certified Professionals,
>> LPI, Cisco exams. Java Exams
>>
>> So what is being tested ?
>>
>> Will Kenya do a better job than microsoft, sun, oracle, cisco ?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack at gmail.com>
>> Sender: kictanet-bounces+agostal=gmail.com at lists.kictanet.or.keDate: Mon,
>> 23
>> Apr 2012 13:04:51
>> To: Agosta Liko<agostal at gmail.com>
>> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
>> Subject: [kictanet] Professional Certification and Standardization a
>> Must,
>> 	is this feasible?
>>
>> 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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