INFORMATION Technology

Class Description

PROGRAMME DESCRIPTION

The Programme of Information Technology is designed to provide learners with foundational skills, knowledge and competencies in ICTs that enable them to install, oversee, tune, trouble-shoot and maintain computer systems and design solutions to common ICT challenges in organizations and among individual ICTs users. It is intended to provide learners with hands-on abilities so they can be ICT support staff in an organization or to start their own ICT services to meet the pervasive need for ICT technicians as computers become a must-have and essential gadget.

PROGRAMME RATIONALE

The importance of Information Technology (IT) to economic development all over the world is no longer in dispute as organizations use IT in nearly every aspect of their operations and decision-making. Workers are so reliant on IT that its absence can lead to total paralysis of work and zero institutional productivity. No wonder institutions invest in robust computing systems that can sustain the business operations under nearly any circumstance. To ensure optimal utility of these systems, there is a need for highly qualified technicians, highly qualified to ensure that the computer systems of organizations are not only up to the required standard, but also adapt to the changing needs of business as well as the changes in the world of technology. Having inhouse technicians not only saves costs but it is also more efficient. Furthermore, with in-house technicians, the company is more secure in terms of business secrets and internal knowledge sharing, which is why Gi-IT started the Diploma in Information Technology.

PROGRAMME OBJECTIVES

This course aims at:

i) Introducing the students to IT concepts.

ii) To develop professionals with theoretical and practical skills in Information Communications Technology

iii) To strengthen ICT capacity at institutional, the private and public sectors

iv) To prepare students to undertake further studies in related IT fields.

v) To produce quality graduates to manage and maintain computer systems of organizations.

vi) To equip students with skills for self-employment

vii) To develop the learners skills to handle basic issues and challenges of ITs in companies and for individuals using ITs.

viii) Stimulate the learners creative mind to participate in development of IT-based applications for use in IT-based companies like telecoms