[kictanet] Day 3 of 10: How to Develop Skilled Human Capital

Fri Jun 24 15:11:31 EAT 2016

+Yes!

Blessed afternoon.

Regards/Wangari

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Pray God Bless. 2013Wangari circa - "Being of the Light, We are Restored Through Faith in Mind, Body and Spirit; We Manifest The Kingdom of God on Earth".

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On Fri, 24/6/16, Walubengo J <jwalu at yahoo.com> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [kictanet] Day 3 of 10: How to Develop Skilled Human Capital
 To: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
 Cc: "Wangari Kabiru" <wangarikabiru at yahoo.co.uk>
 Date: Friday, 24 June, 2016, 13:01

 @Wangari,
 Just
 two lessons I take from you>>The output is more often a mirror of
 mwalimu alivyo! 
 *Many
 often we have ICT related initiatives for students/pupils
 but very silent on teachers/lecturers. End result is ZERO
 output.
 >>High
 levels of dropouts*Do
 we have ICT training programmes for those who do not make it
 to University? This is a large pool of talent that should be
 participating in the knowledge economy and may often no one
 remembers them.
 walu.    
   From: Wangari Kabiru
 via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
  To: jwalu at yahoo.com 
 Cc: Wangari Kabiru
 <wangarikabiru at yahoo.co.uk>
  Sent: Friday, June 24,
 2016 10:38 AM
  Subject: Re: [kictanet]
 Day 3 of 10: How to Develop Skilled Human Capital

 mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN0Z72AY
 Blessed
 Furahi Day!
 I
 shudder at our level of discussion on human "Human
 Capital" whereas it is perhaps now on humanoid robotic
 capital and next to something else unknown.
 Doors
 already open themselves or via swipe cards versus need to
 have a door man.
 Industry
 automation on this side of the world comes with mass layoffs
 for regular jobs and economic distress to families. The laws
 and the labour organisations work for some and for some
 others not.
 Robotics
 represent an even worse situation on this economic front for
 families if we operate as usual.
 The basic school level skilling should enable
 learners to be creators for practical day to day usage and
 translatable into livelihood "income and work"
 skills as they advance on in their years of study i.e not to
 be just users of the gadgets.
 Keeping in mind we have high levels of
 dropout and transition drop offs e.g from KCPE into high
 school and KCSE into College years. 
 Educators and Teachers are an integral part
 of the education cycle. Engineers and scientists need to go
 back into the classroom. Having a Computer teacher is not
 sufficient any more.  The output is more often a mirror of
 mwalimu alivyo! The public teachers employer TSC is integral
 to this deliberation.
 PS: I like the pointer that it will take
 18YEARS to see the fruits of the Jubilee laptops. This is
 too long, too long! The world will have transformed into
 making their skills irrelevant.

 That is why the skills imparted now should be usable and
 relevant in 18years i.e visionary

 Blessed day. 
 Regards/Wangari
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 mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN0Z72AY
 TOP NEWS

 Tue Jun 21, 2016 | 1:07 PM EDT

 Europe's robots to become 'electronic persons'
 under draft plan
 A
 ''Nao'' humanoid robot, by Aldebaran
 Robotics that offers basic service information, moves during
 a presentation at a branch of the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi
 UFJ (MUFG) in Tokyo April 13, 2015. REUTERS/Thomas
 Peter/File Photo

 By Georgina Prodhan | MUNICH, GERMANY

 (Reuters) - Europe's growing army of robot workers could
 be classed as "electronic persons" and their
 owners liable to paying social security for them if the
 European Union adopts a draft plan to address the realities
 of a new industrial revolution.
 Robots are being deployed in ever-greater
 numbers in factories and also taking on tasks such as
 personal care or surgery, raising fears over unemployment,
 wealth inequality and alienation.
 Their growing intelligence, pervasiveness and
 autonomy requires rethinking everything from taxation to
 legal liability, a draft European Parliament motion, dated
 May 31, suggests.
 Some robots are even taking on a human form.
 Visitors to the world's biggest travel show in March
 were greeted by a lifelike robot developed by Japan's
 Toshiba (6502.T) and were helped by another made by
 France's Aldebaran Robotics.
 However, Germany's VDMA, which represents
 companies such as automation giant Siemens (SIEGn.DE) and robot maker Kuka
 (KU2G.DE), says the proposals are
 too complicated and too early.
 German robotics and automation turnover rose
 7 percent to 12.2 billion euros ($13.8 billion) last year
 and the country is keen to keep its edge in the latest
 industrial technology. Kuka is the target of a takeover bid
 by China's Midea (000333.SZ)

 The draft motion called on the European Commission to
 consider "that at least the most sophisticated
 autonomous robots could be established as having the status
 of electronic persons with specific rights and
 obligations".
 It also suggested the creation of a register
 for smart autonomous robots, which would link each one to
 funds established to cover its legal liabilities.
 Patrick
 Schwarzkopf, managing director of the VDMA's robotic and
 automation department, said: "That we would create a
 legal framework with electronic persons - that's
 something that could happen in 50 years but not in 10
 years."
 "We think it would be very bureaucratic
 and would stunt the development of robotics," he told
 reporters at the Automatica robotics trade fair in Munich,
 while acknowledging that a legal framework for self-driving
 cars would be needed soon.
 The report added that robotics and artificial
 intelligence may result in a large part of the work now done
 by humans being taken over by robots, raising concerns about
 the future of employment and the viability of social
 security systems.
 The draft motion, drawn up by the European
 parliament's committee on legal affairs also said
 organizations should have to declare savings they made in
 social security contributions by using robotics instead of
 people, for tax purposes.
 Schwarzkopf said there was no proven
 correlation between increasing robot density and
 unemployment, pointing out that the number of employees in
 the German automotive industry rose by 13 percent between
 2010 and 2015, while industrial robot stock in the industry
 rose 17 percent in the same period.
 The motion faces an uphill battle to win
 backing from the various political blocks in European
 Parliament. Even if it did get enough support to pass, it
 would be a non-binding resolution as the Parliament lacks
 the authority to propose legislation.
 (Additional reporting by Alissa de Carbonnel
 in Brussels; Editing by Alexander Smith)

 On
 Jun 24, 2016 08:18, Walubengo J via kictanet
 <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

 >

 > Listers,

 >

 > Plse feel free to contribute on previous threads as
 long as you pick the corresponding title.  Also remember,
 for those wishing to directly edit the Draft ICT policy,
 visit Jadili platform, register and post.

 >

 > So onto todays theme:

 > How to Develop Skilled Human Capital 

 >

 > *ICT integration in primary, secondary, tertiary
 levels,

 > *Specialized Skills (Software /Engineering)

 > *Research & Development Capacity

 > *eLiteracy for citizens/public 

 >

 > The Background:

 > The Digital Literacy Program aka the Laptop project is
 ongoing and we probably have  to wait another 18-20yrs
 years to  see its impact (when today’s std 1s hit the
 market).  But meanwhile, we need skilled human capital to
 help move us from a net consumer of electronic goods and
 services into a net producer of the same.

 >

 > Our R&D output in general is quite low (Global
 Innovation Index 2015) despite the fact that we are leader
 at a regional level.  What should the Policy capture  to
 ensure Kenya churns out a constant supply of  highly
 skilled manpower necessary to drive the digital society.

 >

 > Send in your ideas, comments, strategies, etc. 

 >

 > 1Day as usual for the topic.

 >

 > walu.

 >  

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