Muthoni M, I think its good to see Academia going back to the industry to ask for input in curricula development.  Previous University Dons would rather claim it was their sole prerogative to say what needs to be taught and when and how it would be taught. Indeed just looking at the recent post from Eng. Kariuki regarding "ICT Jobs at Huawei" it shows the gap between industry and academia. Whereas most ICT University Curricula continues to be strictly segmented along EITHER  "Computer Science/Info Technology" OR "Electrical/Telco Engineering" most employers seem to be looking for BOTH CompScience/IT and Engineering components from their candidates. The Challenge then becomes, should IT students be taught some Telco-engineering concepts or Should Electrical and other Engineers be taught IT concepts? I know I have not answered your question regarding inputs for the Computers Science program, but it is just that your question provokes more questions than answers... walu.     --- On Tue, 11/10/09, Muthoni Masinde <muthoni@uonbi.ac.ke> wrote: From: Muthoni Masinde <muthoni@uonbi.ac.ke> Subject: Re: [kictanet] The Premier B.Sc. Computer Science Programme in Kenya To: jwalu@yahoo.com Cc: "moturi" <moturi@uonbi.ac.ke>, "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>, "sci-acad@uonbi.ac.ke" <sci-acad@uonbi.ac.ke>, waema@uonbi.ac.ke Date: Tuesday, November 10, 2009, 2:39 PM Dear Nancy, I agree with you; we actually review our curriculum every 4 years; the current one is 4 years old and that is why we are reviewing it.  We have always done it through the approach you have described but this time round, we would like to incorporate stakeholders views.  Quality assurance issues are well taken care of. The issue of specialisation from 2nd year seems to be favoured by many and we consider this. Thank you very much for the comments and indeed I will be glad to receive more ideas from ICSIT-JKUAT. Best regards, Muthoni On 11/10/09 12:03 AM, "n_macharia@yahoo.co.uk" <n_macharia@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

Muthoni,

This is a brilliant idea. In my view you benefit by eliciting very valuable and resourceful ideas for the Curriculum from experienced and sharpened staff.

An all stakeholder involvement in either curriculum review or development is an IUCEA and CHE requirement. Its the right process for both academic quality assurance and towards offering demand driven(ICT industry, Kenyas vision 2030) and custom  built training.

The revision is long overdue. In any case the requirement is one cycle which is in the period of five yrs.

On CS, the direction focus should be specialisation from 2nd Year of study after the foundation units.

We in academia, believe in sharing "cable", here knowledge and ideas. Will share this with ICSIT colleagues in JKUAT and come back to you.

Nancy Macharia Deputy Director ICSIT  JKUAT Sent from my BlackBerry®

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