ICDL and MMUST team during the meeting.
The International Certification for Digital Literacy (ICDL) pre-implementation strategy meeting with MMUST, that took place on Monday 19th December, 2022, is a sign of good things to come. This comes a few months after the two went into an agreement that saw MMUST being appointed as an Accredited Test Centre (ATC).
ICDL Foundation is a Global Social Enterprise dedicated to raising digital competence standards in the workforce, education and society. The enterprise’s certification is currently available in over 100 countries across its network of more than 20,000 Test Centres, delivering over 70 Million ICDL Certification Tests to more than 16 million people worldwide. Nationally, the Technical and Vocational Education and Training Authority (TVETA) accredited ICDL Africa as a ‘Foreign Examination Body’ and approved the ICDL programme as a certificate level qualification in the TVETA system in Kenya.
Upon successful completion of these strategy meetings, MMUST will roll out the highly competitive programme that will see its students enhance their digital literacy skills to international levels. Additionally, the University will also be in a position to offer consultancy services as Trainer of Trainers (ToT) to train other institutions in the region, hence an avenue of generating income and boosting our webometrics ranking.
Webometrics and Short Courses Unit Coordinator, Dr. Dennis Ochieno speaks during the meeting with ICDL.
ICDL was represented by Ms. Solange Umulisa, Mr. Peter Maina and Mr. Stevens Kareri Mungai. The team from MMUST comprised of the Director, Privately Sponsored Students Programmes (PSSP), Prof. Benedict Alala, Dean, School of Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance, Dr. Ferdinand Nabiswa, Representative of the Director International Relations and Academic Linkages (DIAL), Dr. Rose Opiyo, Webometrics and Short Courses Unit Coordinator, Dr. Dennis Ochieno, Faculty Member from the Civil and Structural Engineering Department, Dr. Edwin Kanda, Senior Lecturer in Department of Educational Psychology, Dr. James Bill Ouda, Faculty Member from the Pure and Applied Chemistry Department, Dr. Gershom Mutua, Dr. Emily Wamalwa from the Department of Biological Sciences, and the In-charge of admissions, Ms. Pamela Inzai.
We live in an era where technology is indispensable. Delving into such collaborations only reaffirms that we are heading in the right direction.
By: Caren Nekesa
Photos by: Wilberforce Shiundu
