a) Develop and implement short, medium, and long term ICT human resource
development plans.
b) Promote ICT skills development at all levels of the school system with the aim of
increasing the supply and diversity of ICT skills, to eliminate the current critical
shortages of personnel and to satisfy the expected future growth requirements.
c) Encourage and provide support to private sector operatives, both in educational
institutions and industrial establishments, so as to enable them introduce
technology innovations and strengthen the delivery of ICT training.
d) Identify and aggressively develop the country’s ICT human resource requirements
in key areas of the economy through focused ICT education and training.
e) Re-orient electronics engineering and other ICT-related courseware to
accommodate new development in ICT for greater responsiveness to the needs of
the industry.
f) Create an environment conducive to job creation and satisfaction to minimize
brain drain.
g) Facilitate a conducive environment for the expansion of computer education and
training in the society.
3.4. ICT’s Legal Systems and Security
3.4.1. Overview
The exploitation and full-scale application of ICT requires conducive legal systems. This
condition refers to the use of ICT as a tool for socio-economic development as well as its
promotion as one sector or industry. The government recognizes that the ICT legal
systems framework which has been operational in the country can not cope with the
challenges of the fast developing national and global ICT sector.
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