Can Kenya (and Africa emulate the IIT (India Institutes of Technology) Strategy?
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-e... 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
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-e...
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
Brian :-) Pole brother to disappoint you..I am a private sector guy who will remain in the private sector. :-) I think the PS position is currently ably filled by Dr.Ndemo and we in the private sector should give him all the support that he requires to take this great country to greater heights. Seriously though, all the efforts being made in infrastructure development, Regulation and private sector initiatives will be well and truly supported by a vibrant, competitive and world class education ecosystem. What's key is that this is engrained very early on in the educational development of our children. Remembering what Kioko of Bernsoft shared with us a few days ago, imagine what he would have achieved beyond what he has right now if he had gotten an opportunity to further his passion beyond Starehe through one of these Kenya Institutes of Technology (KITs)? Ali Hussein *Ali Hussein* *CEO, 3mice interactive media ltd* *Partner, Telemedia Africa Ltd * Tel: +254713601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim<http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim> Blog: www.alyhussein.com Any information of a personal nature expressed in this email are purely mine and do not necessarily reflect the official positions of the organizations that I work with. On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 6:57 AM, Brian Munyao Longwe <blongwe@gmail.com>wrote:
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-e...
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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