UNESCO’s Regional Academy Marks Record Success in ICT Quality Training
01-09-2004 (Paris)
Today 1 September 2004 is the 3rd anniversary of the Regional Academy for Online Network Governance and System Applications (RAONGSA), which was established on 1 September 2002 by UNESCO in collaboration with UNDP and other donors at the Baku Scientific and Training Centre, Baku, Azerbaijan.
Under a UNDP/UNESCO project, RAONGSA has improved its resources, particularly by upgrading qualification of its high level professional instructors and renewing its system performance to enhance quality of training. As a result, RAONGSA has now integrated functionalities of several centres in it such as Cisco Regional Networking Academy, Authorized Prometric Testing Centre, and MOS (Microsoft Office Specialist) Authorized Testing Centre, European Computer Driving License Testing Centre, and Microsoft Certified Partner for Learning Solution.
RAONGSA produced a number of Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) certified professionals who can install, configure, and operate LAN, WAN, and dial access services for networks covering 100 nodes or fewer, including but not limited to use of these protocols: IP, IGRP, Serial, Frame Relay, IP RIP, VLANs, RIP, Ethernet, and Access Lists.
The Cisco certified professorship is widely recognized by the international ICT communities because it gives a first guarantee to open up qualified network services. Therefore the number of ICT specialists wishing to obtain the CCNA certification has been increasingly growing in developing nations.
The CCNA exam is a qualification test available to candidates pursuing a single-exam option for the CCNA certification. It certifies important knowledge and skills necessary to select, connect, configure, and troubleshoot the various Cisco networking devices. The exam covers topics on Extending Switched Networks with VLANS, Determining IP Routes, Managing IP traffic with Access Lists, Establishing Point-to-Point connections, and Establishing Frame Relay Connections.
However, passing online examinations to obtain the certification is difficult and requires substantial expertise in networking management and enormous learning efforts. That is why the exams pass rate at such centres is recorded as 40-50 % on average.
From May 17 to June 30 2004, RAONGSA hold a set of training courses on CCNA for 45 days in which twelve IT specialists from Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan participated.
Upon completion of the 45 day-training course, all the twelve participants have passed the CCNA exam and obtained the CCNA certification, marking an unprecedented successful record in UNESCO’s several regional academies.
Michael Choladze, an IT specialist from the United Georgian Bank, who participated in the training course and obtained the CCNA certification, says “Before I came here, I had a certain theoretical knowledge on CCNA. However I had no chance to boost practical applications of my knowledge. Only after I passed those courses at RAONGSA, my know-how became more perfect. Now I feel very happy because my institution puts high priority on preparation of CCNA certification holders in line with increasing local demand for reliable networking managements. I wish to extend my deep appreciation to the instructors at RAONGSA, who have applied excellent teaching methodologies and provided modern technical equipment”.
Upon receipt of the CCNA certification, Sergei Trouhan, a network specialist from Belarus State University expressed as saying “There are a significant number of Cisco training centres across the region. As I have been to many of the Cisco centres, I can compare them with RAONGSA and can say that instructors level and teaching methods and skills at RAONGSA are higher than in other training centres. I would like to give my thanks to UNESCO who has set up RAONGSA.”
RAONGSA produced a number of Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) certified professionals who can install, configure, and operate LAN, WAN, and dial access services for networks covering 100 nodes or fewer, including but not limited to use of these protocols: IP, IGRP, Serial, Frame Relay, IP RIP, VLANs, RIP, Ethernet, and Access Lists.
The Cisco certified professorship is widely recognized by the international ICT communities because it gives a first guarantee to open up qualified network services. Therefore the number of ICT specialists wishing to obtain the CCNA certification has been increasingly growing in developing nations.
The CCNA exam is a qualification test available to candidates pursuing a single-exam option for the CCNA certification. It certifies important knowledge and skills necessary to select, connect, configure, and troubleshoot the various Cisco networking devices. The exam covers topics on Extending Switched Networks with VLANS, Determining IP Routes, Managing IP traffic with Access Lists, Establishing Point-to-Point connections, and Establishing Frame Relay Connections.
However, passing online examinations to obtain the certification is difficult and requires substantial expertise in networking management and enormous learning efforts. That is why the exams pass rate at such centres is recorded as 40-50 % on average.
From May 17 to June 30 2004, RAONGSA hold a set of training courses on CCNA for 45 days in which twelve IT specialists from Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan participated.
Upon completion of the 45 day-training course, all the twelve participants have passed the CCNA exam and obtained the CCNA certification, marking an unprecedented successful record in UNESCO’s several regional academies.
Michael Choladze, an IT specialist from the United Georgian Bank, who participated in the training course and obtained the CCNA certification, says “Before I came here, I had a certain theoretical knowledge on CCNA. However I had no chance to boost practical applications of my knowledge. Only after I passed those courses at RAONGSA, my know-how became more perfect. Now I feel very happy because my institution puts high priority on preparation of CCNA certification holders in line with increasing local demand for reliable networking managements. I wish to extend my deep appreciation to the instructors at RAONGSA, who have applied excellent teaching methodologies and provided modern technical equipment”.
Upon receipt of the CCNA certification, Sergei Trouhan, a network specialist from Belarus State University expressed as saying “There are a significant number of Cisco training centres across the region. As I have been to many of the Cisco centres, I can compare them with RAONGSA and can say that instructors level and teaching methods and skills at RAONGSA are higher than in other training centres. I would like to give my thanks to UNESCO who has set up RAONGSA.”
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