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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=364583007-06072009>Evans</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=364583007-06072009>Your comment <EM><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT
color=#000000 size=3>"In some developed countries like Germany and UK, the
policies are there and they clearly state that (in Government) you can only buy
proprietary software only if you cannot get a OSS option to do what you need to
do"</FONT></FONT> </EM>is a misrepresentation of UK government policy on
OSS. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=364583007-06072009></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=364583007-06072009>The Government’s policy is as follows: </DIV>
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<OL><FONT color=#000000><STRONG>Open Source Software</STRONG> </FONT>
<LI><FONT color=#000000>The Government will actively and fairly consider open
source solutions alongside proprietary ones in making procurement decisions,
</FONT>
<LI><FONT color=#000000>Procurement decisions will be made on the basis on the
best value for money solution to the business requirement, taking account of
total lifetime cost of ownership of the solution, including exit and
transition costs, after ensuring that solutions fulfil minimum and essential
capability, security, scalability, transferability, support and manageability
requirements. </FONT>
<LI><FONT color=#000000>The Government will expect those putting forward IT
solutions to develop where necessary a suitable mix of open source and
proprietary products to ensure that the best possible overall solution can be
considered. </FONT>
<LI><FONT color=#000000>Where there is no significant overall cost difference
between open and non-open source products, open source will be selected on the
basis of its additional inherent flexibility. </FONT></LI></OL>
<OL start=5><FONT color=#000000><STRONG>Non–Open Source Software</STRONG>
</FONT>
<LI><FONT color=#000000>The Government will, wherever possible, avoid becoming
locked in to proprietary software. In particular it will take exit, rebid and
rebuild costs into account in procurement decisions and will require those
proposing proprietary software to specify how exit would be achieved. </FONT>
<LI><FONT color=#000000>Where non open source products need to be purchased,
Government will expect licences to be available for all public sector use and
for licences already purchased to be transferable within the public sector
without further cost or limitation. The Government will where appropriate seek
pan-government agreements with software suppliers which ensure that government
is treated as a single entity for the purposes of volume discounts and
transferability of licences. </FONT></LI></OL>
<OL start=7><FONT color=#000000><STRONG>Open Standards</STRONG> </FONT>
<LI><FONT color=#000000>The Government will use open standards in its
procurement specifications and require solutions to comply with open
standards. The Government will support the development of open standards and
specifications. </FONT></LI></OL>
<OL start=8><FONT color=#000000><STRONG>Re–Use</STRONG> </FONT>
<LI><FONT color=#000000>The Government will look to secure full rights to
bespoke software code or customisations of commercial off the shelf products
it procures, so as to enable straightforward re-use elsewhere in the public
sector. Where appropriate, general purpose software developed for government
will be released on an open source basis. </FONT>
<LI><FONT color=#000000>Where the public sector already owns a system, design
or architecture the Government will expect it to be reused and that commercial
arrangements will recognise this. Where new development is proposed, suppliers
will be required to warrant that they have not developed or produced something
comparable, in whole or in part, for the public sector in the past, or where
they have, to show how this is reflected in reduced costs, risks and
timescale. </FONT>
<LI><FONT color=#000000>When suppliers are proposing a third party product
there should be full price transparency. If there is a pan–Government
agreement there should be the option to source through this where doing so
would maximise overall public sector value. The Government will expect to be
charged only the cost the supplier incurs unless the supplier can clearly and
transparently provide evidence of the additional value created.
</FONT></LI></OL></SPAN></FONT></DIV><SPAN class=364583007-06072009></SPAN><FONT
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<DIV><SPAN class=gmail_quote>On 7/3/09, <B class=gmail_sendername>Evans
Ikua</B> <<A href="mailto:ikua@lpakenya.org"
target=_blank>ikua@lpakenya.org</A>> wrote:</SPAN>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=gmail_quote
style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">As
far as the policy goes, I beg to disagree with Dr Ndemo. Its good to have a
policy that makes the playing field level. That is a good start and that is
the basic minimum that should be expected. On the other hand, its very
important to understand that for the sake of the interests of a country, its
important to have a policy that supports what we believe is good for us. If
we are all convinced that OSS is good for us, then there is no-one to stop
us from having a policy that supports OSS very openly. Too bad if some
Proprietary software houses will not like it. But we must learn to protect
our national interests agressively. The many countries in Europe and the
rest of the world have gone this direction and they are enjoying the
benefits of OSS. <U>In some developed countries like Germany and UK, the
policies are there and they clearly state that (in Government) you can only
buy proprietary software only if you cannot get a OSS option to do what you
need to do.<BR></U><BR>As for the MoE, its very hard to penetrate to them as
some of us have learnt. At the same time, the OSS advocates we have in this
country (us included) have very limited capacities as we do not receive any
funding from anyone. This is one of the handicaps that OSS advocacy has. We
volunteer our resources (time and money) and have to compete with software
companies that are supported by Marketing budgets that run into the Billion
Dollars.<BR><BR><BR>-- <BR><SPAN>Evans Ikua<BR>Linux Professional
Association of Kenya<BR>Tel: +254-20-2250381, Cell: +254-722 955
831<BR>Eagle House, 2nd Floor<BR>Kimathi Street, Opp. Corner House<BR><A
href="http://www.lpakenya.org/"
target=_blank>www.lpakenya.org</A><BR><BR><BR></SPAN>
<DIV><SPAN>Quoting <A href="mailto:bitange@jambo.co.ke"
target=_blank>bitange@jambo.co.ke</A>:<BR><BR></SPAN></DIV>
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style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">
<DIV><SPAN>Prof. Waema,<BR>A good policy levels the play ground.
What each party (Proprietary or<BR>OSS) does should not concern
policy. That is why we need the procurement<BR>rules change to give
everybody an equal chance.<BR><BR><BR>Ndemo.<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=gmail_quote
style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Bwana
Sang,<BR><BR>You have a point. We do not have strong OSS champions,
especially in the<BR>public sector - at least not as powerful as the
evangilists for<BR>proprietary<BR>software. This situation is not helped
by a non-committal policy. Let me<BR>chew over how we can change
things.<BR><BR>Mwololo<BR><BR><BR>On 6/30/09, Barnabas K. Sang <<A
href="mailto:bksang@education.go.ke"
target=_blank>bksang@education.go.ke</A>> wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=gmail_quote
style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"><BR> Tim,<BR><BR><BR><BR>I
agree with you to some extent, that we all need revision of
the<BR>current<BR>ICT Policy to accommodate the key issues Kenya
currently is focusing on.<BR>On<BR>OSS, I still doubt capacity of
“*OSS Champions*” on the issue having<BR>observed in the past one
year, how an opportunity to have 210 secondary<BR>schools each
equipped with 25 PCs and use both proprietary software
and<BR>OSS<BR>(Funds provided for) progressed.<BR><BR><BR><BR>To date,
no OSS proponents have brought any concept on how MOE
can<BR>facilitate the adoption and use of OSS. There are some
brilliant OSS<BR>solutions, particularly supporting teaching and
learning (animated<BR>content<BR>-> good for illustrations of
difficult concepts in some subjects) and<BR>development of content for
use by all education and training<BR>stakeholders<BR>(teachers,
students, parents and researchers).<BR><BR><BR><BR>I would like to
acknowledge existence of sufficient leadership
(policy<BR>and<BR>managers) to support modernization of education (ICT
integration to<BR>teaching<BR>and learning). We may not have all
necessary capacity yet for<BR>decision-makers to guide the process,
but in partnership with all<BR>stakeholders, I believe OSS will
definitely find a niche in the whole<BR>ICT<BR>integration exercise
being spearheaded by MOE. Perhaps people like<BR>yourself<BR>and
others in this network, could enlightened us on how OSS could
be<BR>part of<BR>ICT integration efforts at an early stage as
possible.<BR><BR><BR><BR>Kind Regards<BR><BR><BR><BR>B. K.
Sang<BR><BR><BR><BR>*From:*<BR>kictanet-bounces+bksang=<A
href="http://education.go.ke/" target=_blank>education.go.ke</A>@<A
href="http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/"
target=_blank>lists.kictanet.or.ke</A>[mailto:<BR>kictanet-bounces+bksang
<kictanet-bounces%2Bbksang>=<A href="http://education.go.ke/"
target=_blank>education.go.ke</A>@<BR><A
href="http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/"
target=_blank>lists.kictanet.or.ke</A>] *On Behalf Of *Mwololo
Tim<BR>*Sent:* Tuesday, June 30, 2009 8:02 AM<BR>*To:* Barnabas K.
Sang<BR>*Cc:* KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<BR>*Subject:* Re:
[kictanet] Fw: RE: One subject, varying quality - We lack<BR>an
accreditation system for ICT
courses<BR><BR><BR><BR>Listers,<BR><BR><BR><BR>Our 2006 national ICT
policy is silent on open source software (OSS). As<BR>we<BR>think of a
review of this policy, which according to me is due due to a<BR>number
of issues (Vision 2030, BPO, and many other developments),
we<BR>should<BR>think seriously about a section on OSS
policy.<BR><BR><BR><BR>tim mwololo<BR><BR><BR><BR>On 6/29/09, *Evans
Ikua* <<A href="mailto:ikua@lpakenya.org"
target=_blank>ikua@lpakenya.org</A>> wrote:<BR><BR>There is also
Camara Kenya (the local office of <A href="http://camara.ie/"
target=_blank>camara.ie</A>) that has done<BR>tremendous work in the
area of putting hardware in schools, both Primary<BR>and<BR>Secondary,
installing open source software, supporting them,
and<BR>training<BR>the teachers. This in a short period of
time.<BR><BR>Their work has mainly been in the coast region but they
are also getting<BR>into the hinterland. They have about 150
volunteers from Ireland who<BR>have<BR>just come in and they will
conduct trainings for about a month.<BR><BR>They have equipped schools
in the whole of Lamu island, and many schools<BR>at<BR>the
coast.<BR><BR>They are achieving much more by using FOSS as a computer
installed with<BR>Linux gives much more to a student as opposed to one
installed with<BR>Windows.<BR>Because they are not spending a penny on
software licenses, they are<BR>able to<BR>supply like twice the number
of PCs than if they were to have the<BR>schools<BR>buy
licenses.<BR><BR>Ikua<BR><BR>--<BR>Evans Ikua<BR>Linux Professional
Association of Kenya<BR>Tel: +254-20-2250381, Cell: +254-722 955
831<BR>Eagle House, 2nd Floor<BR>Kimathi Street, Opp. Corner
House<BR><A href="http://www.lpakenya.org/"
target=_blank>www.lpakenya.org</A><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>Quoting
Walubengo J <<A href="mailto:jwalu@yahoo.com"
target=_blank>jwalu@yahoo.com</A>>:<BR><BR>forwarded--- On Thu,
6/25/09, Emmanuel Khisa<BR><<A
href="mailto:emmanuel.khisa@kadet.co.ke"
target=_blank>emmanuel.khisa@kadet.co.ke</A>><BR>wrote:<BR><BR>From:
Emmanuel Khisa <<A href="mailto:emmanuel.khisa@kadet.co.ke"
target=_blank>emmanuel.khisa@kadet.co.ke</A>><BR>Subject: RE:
[kictanet] One subject,varying quality - We lack
an<BR> accreditation system for ICT courses<BR>To:
"'Walubengo J'" <<A href="mailto:jwalu@yahoo.com"
target=_blank>jwalu@yahoo.com</A>><BR>Date: Thursday, June 25,
2009, 10:11 AM<BR><BR>And Project Discovery Kenya has been able to
train more that 200 primary<BR>school teachers over the last five
years in conjunction with Institute<BR>of<BR>Software technologies...I
also know that similar training went on in<BR>Yala<BR>Division last
April for Primary school teachers in the
division<BR>organised<BR>by<BR>the Computers for Schools.<BR>On the
subject of lack of adequate professors, I will leave that
to<BR>Academicians and those keen on interrogating academics, I
however would<BR>like<BR>the ICT training to move from over
concentration with the academics and<BR>more<BR>to the more
handson...more like incubator based
learning<BR>approach...While<BR>the Far East economies have good
universities, they still put more<BR>premium<BR>on handson skills...It
is sad that even our graduate engineers let alone<BR>IT<BR>graduates
(who by the way take a lot of flack) cannot invent or think<BR>outside
the box...I mean no invention ever comes out of these
highly<BR>restricted courses yet only a select few universities dare
to venture<BR>into...<BR><BR>The answer in my opinion lies in building
skills that are more practical<BR>and<BR>focussed on creating
entrepreneural opportunities.<BR><BR>Rgds,<BR><BR>Manu<BR><BR>"New
opinions are always suspected and usually opposed, without
any<BR>other<BR>reason but because they are not already common."<BR>P
Before printing, think about the Environment and your
responsibilities<BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>From:
kictanet-bounces+emmanuel.khisa=<A href="http://kadet.co.ke/"
target=_blank>kadet.co.ke</A>@<A href="http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/"
target=_blank>lists.kictanet.or.ke</A><BR>[mailto:<A
href="mailto:kictanet-bounces%2Bemmanuel.khisa"
target=_blank>kictanet-bounces+emmanuel.khisa</A><kictanet-bounces%2Bemmanuel.khisa><BR>=<A
href="http://kadet.co.ke/" target=_blank>kadet.co.ke</A>@<A
href="http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/"
target=_blank>lists.kictanet.or.ke</A>] On<BR>Behalf Of Walubengo
J<BR>Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2009 8:41 AM<BR>To: <A
href="mailto:emmanuel.khisa@kadet.co.ke"
target=_blank>emmanuel.khisa@kadet.co.ke</A><BR>Cc: KICTAnet ICT
Policy Discussions<BR>Subject: Re: [kictanet] One subject,varying
quality - We lack an<BR>accreditation system for ICT
courses<BR><BR><BR>I agree that something is happening within the
High-School teaching<BR>fraternity. Last April, Multimedia University
College trained 80 high<BR>school<BR>headteachers from Samburu and I
think Transmara Districts, giving them<BR>basic<BR>ICT skills...am
aware Strathmore University, IAT etc also do
such<BR>trainings<BR>regularly...It may not be enough, but its
definitely a good kick in the<BR>right direction.<BR><BR>As for the
University Level IT faculty staff. Unfortunately
the<BR>statistics<BR>are likely to be true. You can count the
number of IT Professors in<BR>this<BR>country on your three fingers
;-)<BR><BR>walu.<BR><BR><BR><BR>--- On Wed, 6/24/09, Barnabas K. Sang
<<A href="mailto:bksang@education.go.ke"
target=_blank>bksang@education.go.ke</A>> wrote:<BR><BR>From:
Barnabas K. Sang <<A href="mailto:bksang@education.go.ke"
target=_blank>bksang@education.go.ke</A>><BR>Subject: Re:
[kictanet] One subject, varying quality - We lack
an<BR><BR>accreditation system for ICT courses<BR><BR>To: <A
href="mailto:jwalu@yahoo.com" target=_blank>jwalu@yahoo.com</A><BR>Cc:
"KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <<A
href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke"
target=_blank>kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</A>><BR>Date:
Wednesday, June 24, 2009, 11:32
PM<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>Betty,<BR><BR><BR><BR>Thanks
for your response on the article<BR>mentioned below. Will
go<BR>through it and perhaps respond on key issues raised,
which<BR>ICT in Education has<BR>already done or planned. I hope it
will minimize fears all<BR>of us have or may be<BR>persuaded to think
all is totally misplaced and lost.<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>?ICT
Integration? is currently Ministry<BR>of Education focus, and<BR>steps
already put in place are expected to make Kenya<BR>improve both
teaching and<BR>learning environment, with better education
?products?<BR>across all levels.<BR><BR><BR><BR>Kind
regards<BR><BR><BR><BR>B. K.
Sang<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>From:<BR>kictanet-bounces+bksang=<A
href="http://education.go.ke/" target=_blank>education.go.ke</A>@<A
href="http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/"
target=_blank>lists.kictanet.or.ke</A><BR>[mailto:<A
href="mailto:kictanet-bounces%2Bbksang"
target=_blank>kictanet-bounces+bksang</A>
<kictanet-bounces%2Bbksang>=<BR><A
href="http://education.go.ke/" target=_blank>education.go.ke</A>@<A
href="http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/"
target=_blank>lists.kictanet.or.ke</A>]<BR>On<BR>Behalf Of Betty
Ogange<BR><BR>Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 4:31 PM<BR><BR>To:
Barnabas K. Sang<BR><BR>Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy
Discussions<BR><BR>Subject: Re: [kictanet] One subject, varying
quality<BR>- We lack an<BR>accreditation system for ICT
courses<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR> Hallo
David,<BR> Last week there was furore in this forum<BR>about
media<BR> misrepresentation of the Kenyan situation. The
article<BR>that you make<BR> reference to in today?s Standard
(24.06.09) may be<BR>accurate in the areas that<BR> you have
highlighted. However, I wish to take issue with<BR>a few points
raised<BR> in the article.<BR><BR><A
href="http://www.eastandard.net/education/InsidePage.php?id=1144017693&cid=316"
target=_blank>http://www.eastandard.net/education/InsidePage.php?id=1144017693&cid=316</A><BR><BR><BR>
?Unlike other academic fields, very<BR>little has been
done<BR> to train most teachers in ICT skills. Currently,
no<BR>primary teacher training<BR> college offers comprehensive
pre-service training in<BR>information technology.?<BR><BR>
Anyone with a modest interest in education in<BR>Kenya would
not<BR> miss something as obvious as a subject in the
national<BR>curriculum when reporting<BR> in a national daily.
Prior to the year 2004, a few<BR>colleges had ICT skills<BR>
courses for pre-service teachers based on in-house<BR>curricula that
were<BR> independently developed by each college. The
Primary<BR>Teacher Education (PTE)<BR> ICT curriculum developed
by the Kenya Institute of<BR>Education has been in<BR> force
since the year 2004 and ICT is taught as a<BR>compulsory subject in
all<BR> primary teacher training colleges. It is
examined<BR>internally at the end of<BR> the first year and all
students must pass in the subject,<BR>among other<BR> subjects,
in order to proceed to second year. There are<BR>several<BR>
implementation hitches in this programme arising from the<BR>fact that
ICT is<BR> being taught as a discrete subject in the curriculum
and<BR>has yet to be<BR> mainstreamed in the other subjects in
the PTE curriculum.<BR>The debate around<BR> ICT- pedagogy
integration in education and how to<BR>operationalise it
right<BR> from curriculum development to classroom
level<BR>implementation continues in<BR> the education
circles.<BR><BR> ?In-service training is often<BR>provided
by trainers who<BR> are just barely literate
in<BR>computers?<BR><BR> In my knowledge, this has happened
especially<BR>in instances when<BR> some hardware providers
?dangle? teacher training as<BR>an additional offer to<BR> the
institution. TTCs used to hire ICT technicians to<BR>teach the course,
but<BR> in the last 2 years, the Teacher Service Commission
has<BR>posted trained<BR> lecturers of ICT to a number of TTCs.
There have also<BR>been some highly<BR> professional training
offered to college lecturers by<BR>Microsoft (in<BR> conjunction
with the Institute of Advanced Technology -<BR>IAT) and the
Kenya<BR> Technical Teachers College. Computers for Schools
Kenya<BR>and the Nepad<BR> e-schools teacher training programmes
have also reached<BR>teachers in selected<BR> secondary schools.
Lack of co-ordination (as with the<BR>rest of the ICT<BR>
initiatives in Kenya ), lack of clear training targets<BR>and
time-lines have<BR> compromised continuity and impact of some of
these<BR>training programmes.<BR><BR> ?The<BR>entire ICT
education is in tatters?<BR> An interesting analogy there. But I
see a<BR>sector that is struggling<BR> with what some scholars
in educational reform have called<BR>an ?implementation<BR> dip?
? that for a number of reasons things normally<BR>tend to get worse
before<BR> they can get better. There are lots of
difficulties in<BR>implementing large<BR> scale ICT initiatives
in the education sector world over.<BR>In our country,<BR> there
have been positive efforts by the Ministry of<BR>Education, the KIE
and a<BR> number of stakeholders in education, and these do
count.<BR>On the other hand,<BR> there has been the tendency (by
education leaders)<BR>towards elaborate policy<BR> documents,
?ICT networks? and trust funds whose<BR>mandates remain<BR>
indeterminate. All these need to be researched and<BR>accurately
presented.<BR><BR> Accurate reporting by the media and
objective<BR>analysis of both<BR> the positives and difficulties
are important in helping<BR>the public target<BR> their
attention and effort. Besides the inaccuracies, the<BR>use of
expressions<BR> such as ?in tatters? ?the situation is
bad?,<BR>?alarmed professionals?<BR> ?obsolete hardware? to
describe ICT in education in<BR>Kenya sounds to me fairly<BR>
sensational.<BR><BR> Betty<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR> --- On
Wed, 6/24/09, David Otwoma<BR><<A href="mailto:otwomad@gmail.com"
target=_blank>otwomad@gmail.com</A>><BR>
wrote:<BR><BR><BR> From: David Otwoma <<A
href="mailto:otwomad@gmail.com"
target=_blank>otwomad@gmail.com</A>><BR><BR> Subject:
[kictanet] One subject, varying quality - We<BR>lack an
accreditation<BR> system for ICT courses<BR><BR> To: <A
href="mailto:ogange@yahoo.com"
target=_blank>ogange@yahoo.com</A><BR><BR> Cc: "KICTAnet ICT
Policy Discussions"<BR> <<A
href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke"
target=_blank>kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</A>><BR><BR>
Date: Wednesday, June 24, 2009, 9:32 AM<BR><BR><BR>
.....universities<BR> offer many degrees but their quality and
market demand<BR>differ......<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>
Although<BR> nearly all universities offer degrees, only
the<BR>University of Nairobi, Jomo<BR> Kenyatta University of
Agriculture and Technology and<BR>Strathmore have<BR> Master?s
programmes and only UON and Jkuat teach at<BR>doctoral
level.<BR><BR><BR> There<BR> is a diminishing number of
staff with PhDs in ICT<BR>departments. According to<BR> Prof
Rodrigues, UoN has the highest number of full-time<BR>lecturers with
PhDs<BR> in ICT that stands at eight of 18, while Jkuat has
three<BR>of six, which is the<BR> same number for
Strathmore.<BR><BR><BR> Kenyatta<BR> University has nine
full-time but none of them have a PhD<BR>or an equivalent<BR>
qualification, while none of the Kabarak?s eight<BR>lecturers have a
PhD. Two of<BR> six of United States International University
has<BR>doctoral degrees.<BR><BR><BR> Many<BR> lecturers
have no experience as ICT professionals as<BR>engineers,
software<BR> developers or in the emerging area of computer
and<BR>network security.<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR> See<BR><BR><A
href="http://www.eastandard.net/education/InsidePage.php?id=1144017693&cid=316&"
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for full story<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR> --<BR><BR> David
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