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Comparing Afghanistan to EU Pekka Makkonen Lecturer of information systems University of Jyväskylä (Jy. U) FINLAND 1
NIMA • NIMA (National institute of management and administration) in Kabul – Established in 2007 – Got funds from WB (World Bank) – For young people who like to learn business or ICT, but who can not become students at universities – Three schools • Management (300 students) • Accounting (300 students) • ICT (200 students) 2
Educational development • Generally, it is needed because mid-class without problems is important for welfare and the smooth development of countries • Important, because it will stop joining extreme groups – Young people have hope • Infrastructure of the country can be improved • In the ICT sector Afghanistan can follow the Indian way – It requires more peaceful environment 3
NIMA as a project (1/2) • NIMA project was started on August 2009 under World Bank funding • There are firms like Maxwell Stamp Plc (MSP), which are focus on development projects in developing countries • NIMA project was led by MSP (Jy. U was a subcontractor) • Jy. U provided ICT school management and accreditation – The accreditation means that Afghans can get certificates from both countries after completing educational program • The client was the Afghan ministry of education 4
NIMA as a project (2/2) • Agile methods were applied – The representatives of the client – The director of NIMA was from the ministry • He was available all the time for different kind of approvals and negotiations – Teacher training program • The idea was that these trainees would take over teaching at NIMA after the project • World Bank was reviewing – Check points at NIMA 5
First phase of NIMA project • Curriculum development – Focus on technical skills – Based on the India scenario • • Programming fundamentals(C++, Java) Operating systems Networks Databases – (SQL, Oracle) • Web engineering (Java. Script, Java. Applets, PHP, My. SQL, ASP. NET, VB. NET) • Project skills • In Finland ICT curriculums are many-sided – Because of the needs of the society and business – At Jy. U we have three lanes after basic studies • Systems development • Digital media • E-commerce 6
First infrastructure development activities at NIMA • At the beginning (August, 2009) four computers for the staff • In September and October all the classes were on a chalkboard basis • In November four lab were started – No LAN or Internet was available – We needed to download required software on DVDs first, where Internet was available • From DVDs we installed software on the single computers – We utilized open-source software 7
Semester 2 (September 2009 -January 2010) • Semester 1 was given by NIMA itself earlier in 2009 • E-commerce and web site building – We used Notepad and web browser since late November • Operating systems – Course exercises on paper basis • C++ programming – Free environment Bloodshed C++ was in use since late November • Database fundamentals – SQL queries on the paper • Swine flue closed the school in Afghanistan from Nov 1. to Nov. 21 – NO vaccination program in Afghanistan for that • Problems also included some corruption between students and teachers 8
Semester 3 • Java programming –course – For exercises Java Development Kit • Command-prompt based • PHP and My. SQL –course – Wampserver • Enabled testing server-based web-applications locally • Computer and network maintenance –course • Management information systems –course • We develop plans for the LAN, Internet connections, library and placement (after semester 4) 9
Semester 4 • VB. NET –course • ASP. NET –course • Advanced course on datebases – Oracle and database administration • Project management After that semester placement in other words practical training 10
References • Faculty of IT at the University of Jyväskylä – https: //www. jyu. fi/it/en • About Finland – http: //www. tieke. fi/in_english/ • About Afghanistan – http: //www. acsa. org. af/introduction. htm 11