Java Education Network Egypt (JENE)
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This document discusses Ahmed Hashim's proposal for the Java Education Development Initiative (JEDI) in Egypt. The objectives are to increase the number and quality of trained Java developers annually by offering up-to-date technology courses through universities and linking the industry and education. The key components are recruiting students, hiring experienced teachers, developing hands-on courses, administering exams for evaluation, assigning projects, and facilitating employment and entrepreneurship opportunities upon completion. The initiative aims to boost Egypt's ICT sector income and competitiveness through higher skilled Java developers.
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- 1. Java Education Network Egypt Ahmed Hashim Egyptian Java User Group Founder Java Champion hashim@egjug.org
- 2. Disclaimer The content of this presentation is copyrighted to the Egyptian Java User Group presented by Ahmed Hashim as JUG Leader.
- 3. Introduction OSS: Open Source Software Java: Most popular programming language JSR: Java Specification Request JCP: Java Community Process JUG: Java User Group EGJUG: Egyptian Java User Group JEDI: Java Education Development Initiative JC: Java Champion
- 4. About Who is Ahmed Hashim? Egyptian JUG Founder and Leader Java Champion (only one in Middle East and Africa) JCP member Java Black Belt (only one in Middle East and Africa)
- 5. My background Computer Science graduate, Cairo University. Former EDS, Etisalat employee. Interviewed big number of Java developers including ITI graduates. Assessed ITI training JETS. Assessed training providers! Delivered and organized a lot of courses. Aware of most of MCIT programs.
- 6. In co-operation with Frans Thamura: JC, Founder of JUG Indonesia Project planned advisors in the next steps Sang Shin: JavaPassion.com founder Bruno Souza: Founder JUG Brazil, OSI Director Egyptian software architects Egyptian academic staff
- 7. Objectives Increase the number of trained Java developers per year. Increase the quality of Java developers. Support students as well as graduates to learn the latest technologies. Learn the latest technologies on time. Link the industry with education. Learn the state of the art. Raise the percentage of entrepreneurship. Teach students how to learn!
- 8. What are the results? Higher rate for our developers which will increase the income for the ICT sector. Availability of resources which support the MEGA deals which can get new investors and support expansion in Egypt. Increase the quality of the developers to compete with the near-shore market (Poland, Romania, Ukrania, Estonia ..etc). Increase the innovation in the technology and Open Source contributions. Increase the entrepreneurship and VC.
- 9. Why Java, Linux? Java is platform independent. Java is the most popular language. Java is Open Source. Java is everywhere ESAC. Java is used in R&D. Linux/Unix/Java are the best choice for enterprise applications. Linux is powerful, secure, free and Open Source.
- 10. How Java is popular
- 11. Java is used in R&D European Space Astronomy Centre (ESAC) use Java since 199x and proved that it was the correct decision.
- 12. Program components 1. Students 2. Teachers 3. Courses 4. Exams evaluation 5. Projects 6. Credibility 7. Employment and entrepreneurship
- 13. 1-Students Faculty of Computer Science, Faculty of Engineering, Faculty of Science students. We need our graduates to be super stars. Developers also need development but they cant spend a lot of time on training.
- 14. 2-Teachers University staff. Full time teachers with hands on experience. Part time teachers. Developers sponsorship from companies. International instructors. Video conference with overseas consultants. Our graduates will not become teachers!
- 15. 3- Courses Multiple vendor Up to date technologies State of the art Hands on labs Fulfill the market needs
- 17. JEDI: Java Education Development Initiative JEDI is a project of the University of the Philippines Java Research and Development Center and Oracle and in partnership with various groups from education and industry. Country Schools Teachers Students Philippines 422 3242 175,668 Brazil 49 49 43,637 Vietnam 40 323 34,273 Indonesia 47 800 10,282
- 18. 3- Courses JEDI JENI JENE Java Passion Oracle Academy
- 19. 4- Evaluation In house exam system Advanced Java score 3.0/5.0 rate is $15-$40 per Java Black Belt exams hour ODesk exams immediate ROI
- 20. 5- Projects Open Source Software Collaborative projects Projects for NGOs Projects for the Gov National projects Research and Development
- 21. 6- Credibility ITIDA Egyptian JUG JEDI JavaPassion Java Black Belt Institute name (Cairo University ..etc)
- 22. 7- Employment and entrepreneurship Program portal has all info about graduates for employers. EGJUG has a big network including SME as well as multinational big companies. We are approached by many companies yearly. The course content will be matching the market needs. Public relation with the industry. Quarter survey to be upto date. Business Incubator.
- 23. Extensions We can deliver this project in African countries like Democratic Republic of Congo Tunis We can extend the scope to include other technologies/products like (Php, Drupal, perl, python, compier, SugarCRM)
- 24. How ITIDA can help?