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ICT training for teachers
broadband internet connectivity to the schools
Strategy S2: Work with industry to develop structured ICT training for
professionals in all areas. The Government and industry must work
together to finance a one to two year intensive structured training and
attachment program for up to 500 high-end ICT staff per year in selected areas of ICT. The program would also pay for certification for
the trainees. In addition, all medium-sized public and private companies would have approved structured ICT professional development
programs of at least one year, with opportunities for local and international ICT certifications.
Objective O3: Increase digital literacy of citizens
Strategy S2:
Work with
industry to
develop
structured ICT
training for
professionals in
all areas.
This objective will be realized by pursuing two strategies:
Strategy S1: Continuous communication on the role of ICT in national
development.
Strategy S2: Implement awareness programs on the role of information and ICT for quality life.
With these two strategies, we expect a 50% increase in ICT digital literacy of adult citizens by 2017.
c) Building capacity of ICTA
Objective O4: Strengthen the leadership and ICT human
capacity of ICTA
ity required in the large projects envisaged by the Master Plan is also
lacking.
c)
Capacity is lacking for the information systems professionals
required to operate the information systems and networks to be deployed. This is in the area of ERP deployment, network engineering
and administration, data center support engineers and cyber security administrators.
The above challenges will be addressed through the following strategies.
Strategy S1: Competitive and strategic recruitment against ICTA’s new
organizational structure.
‘The
implementation
of the ICT
Master Plan
shall begin with
building the
capacity of ICTA’
Strategy S2: Build technical and leadership capacity in ICTA. It will be
necessary to develop and implement a staff development program for
professional ICT staff and a leadership and management program for
all ICTA senior managers.
Strategy S3: Review the terms of service of ICTA staff and make them
competitive. These terms should be reviewed to make working at ICTA
comparable to working in leading public parastatals like Kenya Revenue Authority, Central Bank of Kenya or Communications Authority
of Kenya. The terms of service shall require that all new graduates
undergo a two-year professional development.
Strategy S4: Institutionalize a performance evaluation system at all
levels of ICT professional staff.
The implementation of the ICT Master Plan shall begin with building the capacity of ICTA, the institution that shall provide national ICT
leadership during implementation. The capacity challenges that ICTA
faces include:
a)
ICTA does not yet have the project management, engineering,
and information systems capacity required for providing procurement
support services to the Government and public institutions.
b)
The advanced ICT and engineering project management capac-
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