<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">Hi All,<br><br>It may be of some comfort to know that the ICDL certificate does not indicate which software one used (though to pass the tests one must use one of the office software recognised by ICDL including Microsoft, Lotus or open source). It only shows you are proficient in Word processing, Spreadsheets, Database, etc. This means one can be ICDL certified by being proficient in Open source office productivity software like OpenOffice.org as ICDL has testing for this suite. <br><br>http://www.openicdl.org.za.<br><br>In my opinion, the government has done well to set the computer literacy standard to ICDL, and from the foregoing, there should be no worry whether it is Microsoft Office or Open Office, as any will lead to ICDL certification.<br><br>Kind regards,<br><br>Jotham<br><br><br>--- On <b>Tue, 11/3/09, wesley kirinya
<i><kiriinya2000@yahoo.com></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><br>From: wesley kirinya <kiriinya2000@yahoo.com><br>Subject: [kictanet] ICDL to be Gazetted: Is Open Office recognized?<br>To: jokilimo@yahoo.com<br>Cc: "Alex Gakuru" <gakuru@gmail.com>, "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke><br>Date: Tuesday, November 3, 2009, 11:40 AM<br><br><div id="yiv140797951"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; -x-system-font: none;" valign="top">KTN's Business news says that the government will only recognize (and will gazette) computer literacy as someone who at least has ICDL. Microsoft was mentioned (by the guy narrating
the news). Dr.Ndemo confirmed (in the news clip) ICDL as Spreadsheet, Word processor, Presentation and Database. Open Office has similar packages. Can Dr. Ndemo at least confirm whether Open Office and any other office packages are recognized by government? or in other words what content makes an ICDL package? I find it mind-blowingly strange that Microsoft's Office products would be the only ones recognized as ICDL (as mentioned in the news clip).<br><br>O_o?<br><br><div> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><br>
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