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HIGH DEMAND OF ENGINEERS Teaching Industry Pool of qualified Engineers

Quality Curriculum and Incentives as a means of Capacity Building and Training in Engineering profession. By Dr. R.O. Onchiri and E. Kanda. HIGH DEMAND OF ENGINEERS Teaching Industry Pool of qualified Engineers

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HIGH DEMAND OF ENGINEERS Teaching Industry Pool of qualified Engineers

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  1. Quality Curriculum and Incentives as a means of Capacity Building and Training in Engineering profession. By Dr. R.O. Onchiri and E. Kanda Dr, R.O. Onchiri-MMUST; IEK 2012 Conference

  2. HIGH DEMAND OF ENGINEERS • Teaching • Industry • Pool of qualified Engineers • the over-enrollment of students to engineering programmes without provision of adequate facilities leads to overloading of faculty staff and eventually compromising on quality • It is therefore necessary to match the increased enrollment with facilities Dr, R.O. Onchiri-MMUST; IEK 2012 Conference

  3. ATTRACTING QUALITY STAFF IN THE FACULTY • Package • Perks / Facilities • Professional Career • Incentives Dr, R.O. Onchiri-MMUST; IEK 2012 Conference

  4. UNIVERSITY AND INDUSTRY LINKAGES. • A key factor in improving the engineering education in the country has to be a new model for industry – academia partnerships • Industry’s recognition of the need for skilled • defining key research areas • Sponsorships for postgraduate with attractive fellowships • Encourage experienced industry engineers / managers to associate with engineering faculties / or as advisors and encourage experienced teaching staff to associate with industry in advisory / visiting • Institute Industry meets – Discipline specific open days Dr, R.O. Onchiri-MMUST; IEK 2012 Conference

  5. REVIEW MECHANISM • It is necessary to have a periodic review(five years) of all the engineering disciplines. •  The mechanism need to be discussed with the major stakeholders – faculty, administrators, industry, government, students and alumni. Industry/ professional bodies should be involved in the review process. • For institutions that are accredited the review process can be merged with the accreditation process. • The review reports should be accessible to all stakeholders of the institution and there should be post-review discussions of implications/ changes actions taken. Dr, R.O. Onchiri-MMUST; IEK 2012 Conference

  6. ENGINEERING DATABASE • A database containing the key input and output parameters regarding engineering education should be maintained and be publicly available in the open domain. • All Engineering faculties should maintain key facts and data on their web-sites • Yearly sample surveys should be published. • There is a need to have accurate data on the actual numbers of BSc./ B.Tech/BE, M.Tech/ME and PhD degrees being awarded each year Dr, R.O. Onchiri-MMUST; IEK 2012 Conference

  7. Curriculum Structure of Engineering program in Nigeria Dr, R.O. Onchiri-MMUST; IEK 2012 Conference

  8. Curriculum Structure of Engineering program in USA Dr, R.O. Onchiri-MMUST; IEK 2012 Conference

  9. Curriculum Structure of Engineering program for Namibia University Dr, R.O. Onchiri-MMUST; IEK 2012 Conference

  10. Curriculum Structure of Engineering program for South African universities Dr, R.O. Onchiri-MMUST; IEK 2012 Conference

  11. Curriculum Structure of Engineering program for Kenya the Engineering Curriculum is structured as shown (KERB) Dr, R.O. Onchiri-MMUST; IEK 2012 Conference

  12. CONCLUSION • It is important introduces the students to engineering practice during the course of training. • Basic sciences are in the same range of about one fifth of the overall curriculum in the four countries as captured in this paper • Engineering sciences and design should be taught by trained engineers • Basic sciences should be taught by persons competent in the line areas. Dr, R.O. Onchiri-MMUST; IEK 2012 Conference

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