[kictanet] Can Kenya (and Africa emulate the IIT (India Institutes of Technology) Strategy?

[Brian Munyao Longwe]

Ali,

You should be appointed as PS for Min of ICT! Wapi simu niongee na mkubwa?

On Tuesday, April 23, 2013, Ali Hussein wrote:

> Listers
>
> It seems like the new President heard our pleas of stopping the conversion
> of all mid-tier colleges and polytechnics to full blow universities. Or
> maybe our thoughts coincidentally aligned,
>
>
> http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Government-plans-technical-colleges-for-each-county/-/539546/1750380/-/rnbaopz/-/index.html
>
> How can we ensure the rhetoric moves from theory to practice and beyond?
> To actually strengthen the polytechnics and colleges to become world class
> reminiscent of the Indian Institutes of Technology?
>
> These should be engrained into an act of parliament and the Departments of
> Science & Technology should work in tandem with the ICT Ministry to make
> them a reality.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Institutes_of_Technology
>
> THE IITs were a key pilar in making India the Technology Powerhouse it is
> today.
>
> I hope the incoming ICT Ministry senior team makes a deliberate and
> concerted effort to make this a reality. And I do hope that the rest of
> Africa follows suit. We must step on the shoulder of giants to realize our
> dreams.
>
> Ali Hussein
> CEO | 3mice interactive media Ltd
> Principal | Telemedia Africa Ltd
>
> +254 713 601113
>
> "The future belongs to him who knows how to wait." - Russian Proverb
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
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