1.
What is the ISEDEP Project?
ISEDEP means –
ICT Skills and Entreprise Development Programme
ISEDEP is a community
based ICT skills development and
business mentorship programme designed to give self- employable skills to
youths in the Zongos and Deprived Communities nationwide. An
entrepreneurial skills training programme, purposely designed to provide a combination of the study
of IT with business modules to enable the youths exploit their technical
innovations commercially.
Community Based -means the
training will take effect/place in
the aforementioned Communities (i.e.
Zongos and Deprived Communities nationwide) in a Community built ICT Centre of Excellence
2. PURPOSE OF PROJECT
What
the project seeks to do is to practicalize the business aspect of ICT education to create jobs and
encourage life-long learning. (Entrepreneurs
of Technology)
3.
BUILDING OF ICT CENTRE ( Community ICT Centre Of Excellence)
As part of the project, the foundation
in partnership with other stakeholders will launch and furnish sixty (60) state-of the art ICT facility (ICT Center of Excellence) in the various Districts, Municipal and
Metropolitan Assemblies, nationwide
in every five (5) years. (Refer to the above picture).
HOW IT WORKS
Here, the various assemblies or
recognised groups/individuals will put up the building and furnish it for the
community. Then we (SKI Africa) will
equip the Centre with ICT tools and equipment. (Computers,
projectors, all ICT teaching and
learning materials, employ instructors and facilitators for the training and
take charge of other training cost) if we are able to secure government partnership support.
Equipment for each Centre
250
pieces of brand new/slightly used desktop computers-
10
Projectors-
2
Printers
1
Wireless Internet Modem
Office stationery worth -
Direct Tools and Equipment worth -
Learning Materials & Students
Resources:
§ 9
handouts per student
§ 6
exercise bks. per student
§ Branded
ex. Bks. Pens & Pencils
§ Other
course materials
10
teaching Staff + 1 Receptionist
4.
PROGRAMS FOR THE PROJECT
Certificate in Technopreneurship
It is a combination of the study of IT with business modules. The programme courses are made up of two parts; the core and
the specializations.
Students
considered for admission will undertake the following courses in the Certificate in Technopreneurship Programme.
Core Courses
a.
Communications Theory and Study Skills 1&2
b.
Computer Proficiency Skills
c.
Basic Accounting & Investments Skills 1&2
d.
Entrepreneurship & Entreprise Dev. 1&2
e.
Basic Business Management Skills & E-
Marketing
Specialisation
Students to Choose One Specialization Option
a.
Adv. Web Development and Computer Graphics
b.
Adv. Mobile Engineering Technology
c.
Satellite and Digital
Antenna/CCTV Installation Technician
The course gives a strong foundation to students on various
concepts related to business development and global technology insights. The
students get hands-on training as they create projects based on the course they
learn on. Recognizing the wide range of technologies, students have a choice to
choose their specialization.
*
For Prospective Courses- Refer To our Admission Forms.
5.
MMDA’S For YEAR 2018
The Foundation has made provision for
the furnishing of 10/12 ICT Centres of
Excellence for the Year 2018. In
the subsequent years, 10/12 MMDA’s
will benefit from the programme every year nationwide.
6.
ADMISSIONS PER YEAR
There will be PIT in every MMDA to
serve as the recruitment sources.
There will be three (3) class sessions each day in each centre. The morning, afternoon
and weekend session. Each session will hold one hundred and fifty (150) students. At
the end of every 6 months, each
centre will admit and graduate about 450
students. Multiply by 2= 900 students each
year.
7.
OUR EMPLOYMENT GENERATION AVENUES
a.
Due
to the expansion of the project every year, the foundation will employ some of
its graduates to fill up existing and potential vacancies as instructors and
facilitators. About 120 people will
be directly to serve as facilitators and instructors.
b.
Apprenticeship Scheme with Corporate Firms- 2,000
c.
Set up Apprenticeship and
Skills Development Training Centres - Every District
d.
Establishment of Business Centres – for 6,000 to 8,000
people
Salient Features / Highlights of the Programme
Alhassan is taking part in the ISEDEP programme. In the next six (6) months, he will read 25 books
and 30 articles on ICT, attend 636 hours of tutorials, gain over 400 hours of
hands on industry training, write 10 essays of 2500 words and write a total of
18 hours of exams. In addition, Kojo will acquire;
§ Business/entrepreneurial
skills knowledge (over 1,000 hours of
classroom instruction on this topic over the course of a full class)
§ Professional
writing/grammar skills:
§ Written and oral
presentation skills and writing of a complete business plan presented in a tank
shark format.
§ Accounting, investments
and business creation and management ideas to run and own businesses for
employment generation and poverty alleviation.
§ The flexible combination of the local and English
Language as medium of communication for the training and state
of the art training facility will make learning easier and fun.
§ A boost in ICT skills
development for socio-economic empowerment and transformation.
§ Personality development programmes
to regenerate the mind and boost self-confidence.
§ Training provided by Industry
Professionals.
§ Well-designed syllabus to meet the
latest demands/changes in the information technology field.
§ Practical Classes on live projects
to expose students to real time challenges.
§ Participation in career related
seminars from time to time.
§ Well- designed syllabus to meet the
latest demands/changes in the technology industry.
The school will run five
days in a week in a community owned ICT
Centre of Excellence. This one-storey ultra -modern ICT equipped building
will be built through philanthropic donations. About sixty (60) Districts,
Municipal and Metropolitan will benefit from the initiative over a period of
ten (10) years.
Each centre will house
§ Six (6) lecture halls,
§ Ten (10) practical labs,
§ Two (2) staff offices
§ One (1) conference Hall
§ One (1) library and Research Centre.
§ A reception, store room
and washrooms.
THE COMMUNITY ICT CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE
(Artistic Impression)
Mobile Engineering Technology Lab
State
of the Art Software Laboratory
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