Education Impact won an open bid to work with the Malta
Information Technology Agency (MITA) to produce a report
identifying initiatives worldwide that had been successful in
addressing the issues around the shortage of ICT skills within the
nation.
The project was delivered by Richard Moore and Seb
Schmoller, an Education Impact Fellow and an Associate respectively
who worked closely with the MITA team. The project was
delivered in less than three months and produced a set of
recommendations that were tested during workshops with senior
stakeholders and has now been converted into a programme of work
that is shaping policy.
The report was well received, and identified some key
principles:
- The issue needs to be addressed systemically - training alone
will not suffice;
- A balance of incentive schemes as well as whole community
action is required to retain skills within any community;
- Collaboration between all the actors within the supply side in
primary, secondary and tertiary education needs to be co-ordinated
with business users.
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