<div dir="ltr"><div>Skill development is time-consuming but the main factor is - it is very expensive globally.<br><br></div>Curriculum's in educational institutions are not sufficient for ordinary students and newbies to master the art and in most cases post college you will end up spending a great fortune to specialize; for instance CCIE can cost you not less than 200K and months to pass.<br><div><br><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jun 30, 2016 at 1:20 PM, Wangari Kabiru via kictanet <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><p dir="ltr">"...Skill development is seen as time-consuming, which explains why most companies opt to poach from rivals instead of grooming their own...."</p>
<p dir="ltr">Blessed Thursday!</p>
<p dir="ltr">The above statement in the report re-emphasises the need for Bullut to get employer feedback as he considers and scouts for his MBA.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Blessed day.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Regards/Wangari</p><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">
<div>On Jun 30, 2016 10:47, Watila Alex via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Some issues to consider when considering developing skilled human capital<div><br></div><div><div>Four in every 10 Kenyan workers underqualified, says World Bank <a href="https://t.co/W2bpvEG8Cc" target="_blank">https://t.co/W2bpvEG8Cc</a> <a href="https://t.co/SC94ZsQvQw" target="_blank">https://t.co/SC94ZsQvQw</a></div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://twitter.com/ntvkenya/status/748399466839932928" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/ntvkenya/status/748399466839932928</a></div><div><br></div><div>Share this post with more networks:</div><div><a href="http://ow.ly/L0kx100cZWp" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://ow.ly/L0kx100cZWp" target="_blank">http://ow.ly/L0kx100cZWp</a></div><br><div><a href="https://overview.mail.yahoo.com/mobile/?.src=Android" target="_blank">Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android</a></div> <br> <blockquote style="margin:0 0 20px 0"> <div>On Fri, Jun 24, 2016 at 8:30, Walubengo J via kictanet</div><div><<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:</div> <div style="padding:10px 0 0 20px;margin:10px 0 0 0;border-left:1px solid #6d00f6"> <div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:'helveticaneue','helvetica neue','helvetica','arial','lucida grande',sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div>Listers,</div><div><br></div><div>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 <a href="http://jadili.ictpolicy.org/docs/kenya-ict-policy" target="_blank">Jadili platform</a>, register and post.</div><div><br></div><div>So onto todays theme:</div><div><b>How to Develop Skilled Human Capital </b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div>*ICT integration in primary, secondary, tertiary levels,</div><div>*Specialized Skills (Software /Engineering)</div><div>*Research & Development Capacity</div><div>*eLiteracy for citizens/public </div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>The Background:</b></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></blockquote></div></div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>
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