CCNA Graduation Report
The University of Asmara graduated its first cohort of
the Cisco Certified Network Associate program students on Feb 15, 2003.
For the University and especially for the young Department
of Computer Science this is a historic moment that will always be remember
because it our first experience of success in contributing to the training
of IT skilled Eritreans in the service of their country. The importance
of acquiring IT skills in a rapidly globalizing
knowledge based economies require very little emphasis.
It is a great pleasure for the Department of Computer
Science to announce of the total 47 students who registered for the course
33 have completed all the
requirements while 8 required to only complete the Threaded
Case Study report, 3 who haven't completed the Semester 4 final exam for
various technical reasons and 3 has interrupted their studies. The 33 who
have fully completed their requirements and the 8 who have yet to submit
their reports participated in the graduation
ceremony.
The CNAP is a comprehensive e-learning program that delivers
on a rich, interactive web-based content, online assessment, student performance
tracking, hands-on labs, instructor training and support and preparation
for industry standard Certification.
As can be seen from the above description the Cisco Networking
training program is very heavily dependent in the Internet a commodity
that today is readily available
throughout the world. Unfortunately the unreliability
and slow Internet connectivity in Eritrea is bad so that it has been the
major source of the problem and impediment to the smooth operation of the
program. With the present system on the Internet service neither the expansion
of this program nor the University's overall ambition plans to fully utilize
the Internet to initiate post graduate program as well as expand access
to higher education through distance education can be realized.
The other constraint in the operation of the program has
been the shortage of instructors and teaching resources. Besides the training
was dependent on the already overstretched limited resources of the Computer
Science Department. This department in addition to being new has the responsibility
of catering to very large number of students in the University and sharing
very limited resources amongst very large students had been not only very
difficult but it has also limited the access of the network to these facilities.
It is encouraging to note that the University is planning
to dedicate a fully equipped facility with full two instructors to this
program at its Constancy, Testing and Training Center. Besides the University
is making arrangements to set its own VSAT solution for a better Internet
connectivity.
In spite of all these difficulties the untiring dedication
and tenacity of the CCNA
students has enabled them to complete the program successfully
In closing, the CNAP congratulated all the students for
their dedicated efforts and for completing against all odds the course
successful and wish them the best of luck in their carrier.
Last but not least, the Computer Science Department would
like to gratefully acknowledge the financial and moral support from CISCO
and UNDP to setup the
Academy. It would have been impossible to run this program
with out their support and motivation. The Department of Computer Science
would also like to thank the University?s as well as the Ministry?s administration
for their full support and commitment towards the successful completion
of the program.
Yordanos G.
Regional CCNA Instructor
University Of Asmara, Eritrea |
