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Cisco Systems Help Link Africa
15 May 2005
Below is a press release that appeared on E-Media Wire http://www.emediawire.com/releases/2005/4/emw224936.htm
Black Internet professionals and students in London and Kampala will work together for the first time in a unique pilot to be launched this July.
This not-for-profit project aims to share best practice and to establish a continuous professional dialogue amongst UK-based Black Internet professionals and their counterparts in Uganda in order to strengthen teaching, learning and business opportunities.
The growth in Internet access and wireless hot spots together with wide spread use of Open Source (freely distributed) software in Uganda has inspired the need for more Internet education programs especially at the teacher levels.
(PRWEB) April 5, 2005 -- In the pilot stage of the Project, partnerships and a collaborative education model will be established between Instructors and students using the Cisco Networking Academy Program*.
The partnerships are envisaged as a two-way sharing process between all participants with
particular focus on cultural diversity. Launched in 1997, the Academy program has now impacted more than 10,000 Academies in over 151 countries, with curricula now taught in 11 languages.
Over 400,000 students are active in Academies in high schools, colleges and universities, technical schools, community based organizations, and other educational programs around the world.
The Academy’s blended learning model integrates face-to-face teaching with a challenging web-based curriculum, hands-on lab exercises, and Internet-based assessment. Over one million students have successfully completed networking and other IT courses offered as a part of the diverse Academy curriculum.
UK Project Manager, Mark Johnson initiated the partnership with Uganda Christian University (UCU) in order to build on his positive experience of professional exchange with African teachers. UCU is the hosting University and recognized as one of the most progressive in the Uganda with over 700 students graduating with degrees in different disciplines each year.
As Community Learning Manager at Hampstead School in London, Mark teaches adults the fundamentals of wireless Internet technologies as well as managing the school's adult learning provisions. Mark will travel to Uganda with UK Academy Instructors John Skyers and Kenrick Walters to run the series of classes, workshops and lab sessions.
“At this point we are still trying to secure funding for things like books and airfares. All the UK instructors will be donating their time without pay while in Uganda but UCU have approved funding exceeding $10,000 for essentials like internet connectivity, accommodations and student expenses”, explained Johnson.
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For details about this program click here.
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