Cisco Networking Academy addressing the skills gap

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Cisco Networking Academy addressing the skills gap

• Marco Cobb
• Cisco

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Cisco Networking Academy Overview
Entry Level IT/Networking Skills Education Focus
Individuals Underserved Communities
160 Countries 700.000 Students/Year 2 Million
Students over 10 Years 200.000 Active Students
in Europe, 5growth 3.000 Educational
Institutions (Academies)
Large andGlobal
Students Age, Gender (18), and
Challenging Circumstances Communities Mature
and Developing Countries
Diverse Students Communities
Diverse Educational Institutions
Universities, Vocational Schools, Secondary
Schools, Non-profit Organizations, Second Chance.


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Global Education Platform
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Partnership Makes it Work
Government
NGO
Education
Business
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Students by Region Global Total 716,000 July
31, 2008
U.S. and Canada
Europe
Latin America
Central and Eastern Europe
Russia and CIS
Middle East
Africa
Worldwide (716K Students)
AsiaPac - Mature
AsiaPac Emerging/Less Developed
Female
Growth
Student
12
19
100
Japan
For Growth metric Green font means gt5 YoY
Growth and Red font lt-5 YoY Growth
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Evolving the Networking Academy

• Develop courseware tailored to student goals
• Align skills with specific jobs in networking
• E-doing collaboration
• Shift focus from Academy growth to student
  outcomes

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Effectiveness of e-Learning
Retention Rates
Chi, Bossok, Lewis, Reimann and Glasser
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More focus on e-doing
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Collaboration Community Building
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Student Outcomes

• 91 Use Skills Daily
• 79 Pursue More IT Education
• 40 Networking Academy Impacted Career
• In Europe Of those with an interest with a
  career in IT, 66 got a new or better job

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MoU with the Portuguese Government

• Position Portugal as a champion of excellence on
  Internet technologies literacy
• Promote professional technological qualifications
  of the Portuguese population
• Promote social and professional inclusion,
  opening new opportunities in a growingwealthy
  industry
• Contribute to the global competitiveness of
  Portugal and to employment
• Presidency of the Council of Ministers National
  Defence Internal Affairs Justice Economy and
  Innovation Infrastructure, Transports,and
  Communications Labour and Social Solidarity
  EducationScience, Technology and Higher
  Education

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MoU with the Portuguese Government
Operational objectives (3 years)

• Create 250 new Networking Academies, raising them
  to 400
• Universities, Polytechnics, Secondary schools
  with technology training, Professional training
  centers, NGOs, prisons, armed forces, and
  security forces
• 10.000 students (tripling from 3.500 today)
• Broad set of initiatives for the development of
  Portugals Internet economy, digital inclusion
  and employment

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