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Capacity Building
The KENET 2015 training calendar is out. This year, KENET plans to hold four (4) residential courses for the purpose of strengthening our member institutions technical capacity in both academic and research areas. The calendar and full details of the planned courses can be downloaded from the KENET website or by clicking on the link (http://training.kenet.or.ke/index.php?title=Main_Page).
No |
Course Name |
Dates |
About the, Course/Training |
Target Group |
Deadline for application |
1 |
Scalable Campus Network |
13th–17th April, 2015 |
Scalable Campus Network Course is an advanced course on Switching and Routing concepts designed for experienced technical staff that operates a TCP/IP network. This course requires practical knowledge of IPv4 addressing and general network concepts, proficiency in UNIX and/or Linux and Two to Three years’ experience as Network Engineers/Administrators in a medium to large campus network. |
Network Administrator/Engineers, ICT managers and Systems Administrators |
Registration Closed |
2 |
Network Management and Monitoring/ |
27th -31st July, 2015 |
Bandwidth management and optimization course (BMO) is designed to provide necessary skills of managing and monitoring bandwidth usage on the campus network. The course will provide skills of bandwidth management principles within a campus environment and development and implementation of bandwidth policies. The training will also provide participants with skills to troubleshoot common campus network problems and how to install and manage network monitoring tools. |
Network Engineers/Administrator and Systems Administrators. |
Registration Closed |
3 |
Cyber Security |
26th– 30th October, 2015 |
Security within the campus network has become an area that Network and System administrators need to focus on. This workshop will focus on empowering the System/Network administrators in securing the services, applications, servers and campus networks in general. The course requires practical knowledge of IPv4 addressing and general network concepts, proficiency in UNIX and/or Linux and Two to Three years’ experience as Network Engineers/Administrators in a medium to large campus network., |
Network Administrator/Engineers, ICT managers and Systems Administrators |
Registration Closed |
Notes:
The class shall have a maximum number of 25 participants per course. The duration of each course shall be 5 days at a cost of $1,200 per participant per course (residential for up to 6 nights). The following criteria shall be used:
i. Applicants shall be Network or Systems Administrators/Engineers with at least 1 year experience at a member institution. Entry-level ICT staff shall not be eligible
ii. Applicants MUST submit a brief CV (2 pages) with a portfolio of relevant projects or work experience
iii. Applicants from financially needy institutions shall be eligible for sponsorship by KENET partners.KENET partners.
iv. Applicants must submit a detailed network diagram of their campuses, clearly identifying the areas of need
v. Applicants from institutions that sent trainees to similar courses in 2014 shall be given priority. However, applicants who attended a similar course in 2014 shall not be eligible
Interested persons are requested to book for the courses as early as possible. For any inquiries about the courses, please send an e-mail to training@kenet.or.ke.