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Cisco NetworkingAcademy Program

andDeveloping ICTHuman Capital

Shahab Meshki

Regional Director

Cisco Networking Academy Program

Middle East & Africa

[email protected]

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Agenda

• What are the issues?Changing role of ICT and convergence of technology

Skill gap issue

Lack of national initiative to build ICT capacity

Focus on ICT in HE but not in HS

• How does Cisco NetAcad address those issues?• Case studies• Conclusions• Call to action


Networks and People

Blogs Gaming SocialNetworking MusicTV

The Internet Is EmpoweringThe Internet Is EmpoweringBillions of people to communicateand collaborate using all formsof human expression—data, voice, video—without regardto location, whether at work,at home, at school or on the road.

Billions of people to communicateand collaborate using all formsof human expression—data, voice, video—without regardto location, whether at work,at home, at school or on the road.


From the Plumbing to the Platform

Life’sExperiences

Life’sExperiences

People Are Co-Creating,Collaborating and Communicating

On networks thatinextricably link themto a human network offamily members, friends,colleagues, customersand partners.


Demanding Marketplace, Impacting All

More Sophisticated Networking Skills

BusinessUnderstanding

Skills for All Environments…

Homes, Schools,

Streets, OfficesWork Ready G

raduates

Talent Spotting…

Certifications

Inclusion…

Older, Unemployed,

Under-qualified, Women

Shortages and Leapfroggin

g

Heightened Pressure

on Education Systems


Note: Fastest-growing occupations for college-educated workers.Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics

Networking Top of the List for10 Fastest-Growing Jobs

Tech Sector Tipped to See Fastest Job GrowthFrom Now to 2014


IDC MEA Skills Gap Study 2006

• Covered 9 countries in the Middle East region, Pakistan andSouth Africa

• Alarming Networking Skills shortage across key EmergingMarkets

• In three years there will be a shortage of approx. 265,000skilled people

• By 2009, demand will outstrip supply by 24% in Israel, 24% inSouth Africa and 35% in countries surveyed in the MiddleEast region and Pakistan

• In the areas of IP telephony, security and wirelessnetworking, South Africa will have a projected gap of 30%

• Nigeria skill gap study in preparation for 2007


IDC Skill Gap Study South Africa


•36% had hired networking engineers within the past 12months

•62% of these said it was difficult to find networkingengineers with the right skills

•60% of those who had hired struggled to find peoplewith the right combination of skills

•40% of those who had hired said the right skills tooexpensive

Finding the Right Skills is difficult

Source: IDC; Networking Skills in South Africa, May 2006


Future Importance of Skillsby Technology/Skills Area – South Africa


95%

100%

91%

64%

23%

86%

73%

59%

86%

14%

5%

9%

36%

68%

14%

18%

27%

14%0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

9%

0%

9%

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

WirelessSecurity

IP TelephonyNetwork Design

General NetworkingBusinessApplicationsData Centre

Cross Technology

More Important

Less Important

The Same

23% 45%32%PC HW & SW


Value of State and VendorBacked Certification

Thinking about certifications, which of these elements do you believe to increase their value?

Recognisedby Government

40%

Backedby vendor

60%



10 Years of The Cisco NetworkingAcademy Program


The Networking Academy Program Today…

2 Million Students Impacted Since 19972 Million Students Impacted Since 199711,000 Academies11,000 Academies160 Countries160 Countries10 Languages10 Languages5 Global Partnerships with United5 Global Partnerships with UnitedNations (UNDP, UNIFEM, ITU, UNWRA,Nations (UNDP, UNIFEM, ITU, UNWRA,UNV)UNV)

35000 Instructors35000 Instructors50 Million Exams Taken50 Million Exams Taken+ 200 partnerships with Government+ 200 partnerships with Governmentand NGOsand NGOs

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Networking Academy in Africa 2006

Participating Academy

>10 Academies / country

+350 Academies

+42,000 Students inAfrica

50% Yr/Yr Growth

+100,000 Studentsattended since 2001

+350 Academies

+42,000 Students inAfrica

50% Yr/Yr Growth

+100,000 Studentsattended since 2001

Academy report 30.07.06


Public & Private Partnership Model

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Cisco provides:Institutions Provide:

FacilitiesPC LabsInstructorsStudentsCurriculum Integration

1.Curriculum donation2.Cost Recovery Training3.Discounted Equipment4.Virtual Community5.Soft skill Training through

partners like UNIFEM, DOT6.Employability services


Networking Academy Skills Sets

Curriculum Certification

CCNP 1-4 CCNP

Network Security Firewall Specialist

Fundamentals of Wireless LANs Wireless LAN SupportSpecialist

CCNA 1-4 CCNA

IT Essentials II CompTIA Server+(when combined ITE 1 curriculum)

IT Essentials I CompTIA A+

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Many Pathways and Exit Points

High School

Career

CareerUniversity

College

FundamentalsCourses

ITE 2 VDC

Panduit

ITE 1

3Switching

1Basics

4WAN

2Routing

CCNA

CCNP

3MultilayerSwitching

2RemoteAccess

4Trouble

Shooting

1AdvancedRouting

Wireless

Security

Career

Network Installer

Basic IT Support

System Admin

SMB Networking

EnterpriseNetworking

1120 Hours of Teaching


A Blended Learning Model

• Standards-based curriculum• Embedded assessment and accountability• e-Learning• Hands-on labs• Face-to-face instruction• Critical, problem solving and collaborative

thinking• Skill- and outcome oriented approach


•Government, Private Sector and NGO(Close the Gap) working in Partnership

•Massive IT training need to supportAfrica’s first broadband optical network

•Network will enable education, e-healthand ultimately prosperity

•100 Networking Academies is theGovernment and Cisco Goal

•“ICT … a vital and essential tool forfighting poverty“

H.E. Prime Minister, Meles Zenawi

Ethiopia’s Network Build Phases

Sustainability Through PartnershipEthiopia’s IT-Based Economic Regeneration Plan

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Uganda, Makerere University• Growth

High Student Enrollment

(2,000+ continuing students)

Advanced Curriculum (CCNP)

Diversified Curriculum (Wireless, ITE)

• Private Sector LinkageWorkforce Development Program

Private Sector Partners

• QualitySoftskills & Training for Instructors

Instructor Retention & AdvancementOpportunities

Communication with other Academies

• SustainabilitySupport of Administration & Gov’t

Sustainability Plan

Stakeholders/Partnerships

LDC Initiative Awards 2003-2005:Highest Country Female Enrollment(Uganda)Highest Country Enrollment (Uganda)Highest Enrollment, Local Academy(Makerere University, ICS)Job Placement Award (MakerereUniversity, ICS)


Gender Empowerment

• “Following my degree in computer

• science, I was interested in looking at

• the broader perspective of networking.

• I wanted to contribute towards the

• development of IT in South Africa,

• as well as try to bridge the gap

• between Africa and other countries

• with my IT skills”

• Charmaine Dube Female students in Cisco lab atUniversity of Pretoria

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Conclusions

• Tremendous demand for qualified capacity

• Huge interest from private sector to invest in Africa

• Existing, field proven models for national capacity

• NetAcad as a model to look at seriously


Call To Action

•Commitment to Public and PrivatePartnership

•Ownership and responsibility

•ICT Education Integration into currentcurriculum of HS & HE

•Let’s make a commitment out of thisconference to graduate 100,000 ICTworkforce in 12 months time!


Thank You

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