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NetAcad Slovakia

Business Plan FY 10

Frantisek Jakab, AAM Slovakia, Ukraine, CEE BDA

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Table of contents

Section 1: OverviewNetAcad Contribution to Cisco

General Drivers and Directives

Section 2: AnalysisEvolution during past three years on key metrics

Country profiles by Curriculum and Education Sector

Top Academies

Section 3: ObjectivesSpecific target numbers based on key metrics and key performance indicators


Section 1:Overview

NetAcad Contribution to Cisco

General Drivers and Directives


Objective

Growth & Sustainability

Objectives & Priorities

Objective Business Impact

Workforce Pipeline Facilitate the insertion of academy students & graduates in the job market (focus on Cisco’s ecosystem. Skills-gap)

Controlled Growth Segmented by Geography and Curriculum

Improve Quality of Student Experience

Evolve Academy Model for proper support, quality & training

Design & Implement Academy Engagement Model

Objectives Priorities

Objective

Social & StudentImpact

Increase Social Impact through Female participation (Gender)

Lead Green efforts within the academy Community

Enrich student experience while improving their employability


Objective Operational Excellence

Next Generation Field Organization

(Structure, Development, Collaboration & Identity)

Objective Increase

Internal & External Awareness &

Relevance

Implement “Get with NetAcad”

External Relevance through “Collaboration/IT Skills Study”

Objectives

Objectives & PrioritiesPriorities


Business Impact - Contribution to CiscoAlignment: Country Transformation – engage to integrate

• Development of new business opportunities in the education sector (NetAcad piloting, experts for IT projects, replication of best practice projects: Modernization of Education, Intranet, DataCenter, etc...). Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) - contribution to the edu sector transformation – reform of the educational system, strategic partnership based on MoU.

• Model of cooperation with AmCham

Exploitation of the NetAcad potential for internal activities within Cisco

• This can serve as support for the SMB University program, Exploitation of the NetAcad potential for Cisco partners (part of the SMB University program).

Workforce Pipeline:

EDU sector based business projects development and creating framework for new workforce (models of NetAcad based study programs), RAs in the role of Centers of excellence, student & career days, Summer schools, …

Innovative model of cooperation - LSP’s & Learning@Cisco: The possibility to include instructors into business projects, University research programs


Growth and Sustainability

• Positioning the NetAcad program as a model of Non-academic education leading to achievement of industrial IT certificates

• Model of Lifelong learning system of education for teachers (model of career building based on the NetAcad program) in cooperation with ME

• Development of a stabile academy partners ECOSYSTEM (model of cooperation with other Cisco entities – LSP, Learning@Cisco)

• Replication of models of curricula implementation into school training programs

• Improve quality of instructor training: Model of permanent instructors retraining (compulsory – summer school, evening school, WebEx based trainings, using Web 2.0 tools…)


Social & student impact

Student Impact:

• Alumni club for academy graduates (alumni tracking, monitoring graduates professional career, club activities) and academy partners ecosystem

• Retraining projects based on NetAcad in cooperation with IT investors (new opportunities for graduates from non-IT specialization, especially in regions with shortage of IT specialists). Target group: non-IT students who have poor chance for employment in their regions)

• Events and activities for student: Cisco Technology University Roadshow, competition for NetAcad student (Cisco Olymp), student fair – as a part of Cisco events

Social impact:

• Support of academies from less-developed areas & creates opportunities for these area – (IT Valley Kosice – T-System Slovakia)


Operational Excellence

• Annual NetAcad conference (common with CZ),

• NetAcad section (stands) at events: ICETA 2009, Cisco Expo, ITAPA 2009, IT Summit

• www.netacad.sk, unique periodical Newsletter (published monthly from september 2006)

• NetAcad program partnership with most significant IT magazines PC REVUE & INFOWARE

Replication of best practices from Slovakia: NAG, Summer school for instructors and students

Champions program – recognition program

Student support programs: students career development and career tracking (job placement activities), Student competitions & events.

Exploitation of the community potential for further strategic NetAcad development (development of community knowledge repository)

http://www.netacad.sk/


Section 2:Analysis

Evolution during past three years on key metrics

Country profiles by Curriculum and Education Sector

Top Academies


FY 2008 FY 2009 Growth ñò

Student Satisfaction 3.651 ñ

Students Enrolment 2,501 2,722 8.8% ñ

Active Students 5,345 5,423 1.5% ñ

Active Instructors 145 155 6.9% ñ

Active Academies 56 54 (-3.6%) ò

Total Graduates 290 345 19.0% ñ

FY 2008 FY 2009 Growth ñò Objective FY09

CCNA Discovery 163 378 132% ñ 0

CCNA total 2,269 2,445 8% ñ 2600 (96%)

ITE 138 164 19% ñ 200

CCNP 34 60 76% ñ 60

Wlan 55 31 -44% ò 0

UNIX 0 16 1600% ñ 0

PANDUIT, JAVA 0 0 0% 0 0

SECURITY 5 6 20% ñ 0

Evolution - key metrics


Enrolment of students


Student satisfaction


Active Academies


Active Students


Top Academy Pyramid

100 Plus

50 - 99

20 - 49

less 10

10 - 20

Active Students FY 08

13

18

14

14

72%Students 87%

15%

10%

Number of Academies2

5

11

18%400 Plus

200 - 399

100-199

42 %

30%

5423 Active Students61 Academies54 Active Academies7 Sleeping, or not yet performing

2


Top Academies/Initiatives to work with

AcadId Academy Total Present

8250 Technical University of Kosice 572

17183 Training Institute elfa, s.r.o. 441

52143 University of Zilina 319

21839 Slovak University of Technology 294

37380 SPSE Zochova, Bratislava 243

39505 SPS, Kysucke Nove Mesto 224

21892 ZSSE, Liptovsky Hradok 212

39005Secondary Technical School Poprad

194

21891 SPSE Adlerka, Bratislava 184

3058523 LCNA CNL TUKE 180


Top Academy characteristics

What do the top Academies differently?- they have build a stabile education system: curricula's are

implemented into the training programs- instructors are very active and interested in program activities- these school are also respected generally and have good

managements

What happened to the top decliners?- lower amount of existing students - demographic decrease- changes in school study programs


Analysis of growth in FY08/FY09

Statistics show March FY09 status

Higher growth is expected until the end of FY09, overall growth is in green

CCNP is nice and proportial

Top 3 things to mention concerning growth:

relatively low interest in Discovery curricula

CCNP: 76% above FY09 objectives – CCNP was implemented into university study programs for the first time

The program in general (number of academies, instructors and students) is growing proportionally and continuously. Statistics show, that during the last three years, a stabile network of schools, NetAcad academies was established in Slovakia.


Analyzing Specifics:

Model of cooperationA. MoU – ME - FY09: finance provided for NetAcad program

development – 120.000,- EUR from the ME, 70.000,- EUR from SLSP

B. AmCham – NetAcad : Committee on Business – academic cooperation (best practice replication)

C. Cooperation of NetAcad and Cisco LSP (Alef Nula s.r.o.)

D. Cooperation of NetAcad with universities in preparation of infrastructural projects (impact on business)

E. Cooperation with the ME in preparation of national projects in the field of education (best practice replication).


Section 3: ObjectivesFY10 Numbers

What growth do we expect in FY10?

Potential areas of growth


Potential areas of growth Univerities: CCNA and CCNP

Vocational Schools: CCNA

Both: CCNA Security


FY 2008 FY 2009 Growth ñò Objective FY10

CCNA Discovery 163 378 132% ñ 400 (0)

CCNA total 2,269 2,445 8% ñ 2700 (2600)

ITE 138 164 19% ñ 200 (200)

CCNP 34 60 76% ñ 60 (80)

SECURITY 5 6 20% ñ 50 (0)

Growth planned in FY10


Security Roll Out Plan for FY 10 Great preliminary interest in CCNA Security in secondary

schools and universities

All RAs in Slovakia are prepared to teach CCNA Security (they are equipped with the corresponding equipment)

Realize detailed analysis of interest in CCNA Security among academies and partner organizations and will prepare an educational plan for instructors

Prepare a model of implementation of the CCNA Security into secondary school and university study programs

Discover how Cisco SLP can be involved and what are the local business requirements and opportunities

Find good messaging for CCNA Security


Section 4:FY10 Local Specialities

Local initiatives – best practices to share at regional/corporate level


Objectives FY10:• Review and revitalize the current operating system (new

model of administration?)Goal:

•Ensure the stability and functionality of NetAcad and increase the quality of infrastructure in schools (with financial support of the ME within the MoU and with the support of the partner ECOSYSTEM

• in the FY10, raise at least 100.000,- EUR to support CCNA Security and to improve the quality of education for instructors and students: organizing a summer camp for instructors a students; model of continual instructor education

Implement the model of cooperation between Cisco LSP and NetAcad

Disseminate Top Academy best practices among the local community (Edu. conference / ICETA 2009,… )


Objectives FY10 External communication - Model of cooperation with

AmCham in project(s): replication of best practices

Best instructor & student recognition activities (annual conference, NetAcad portal, Newsletter)

Regional impact on country operations:• Competitions, summer schools

• BDA: AmCham best practices, Instructor‘s portal development activities (development of knowledge repository, nomination functionality…)


Investment wild card

put in 4000k to support CCNA Security instructor training for schools: expected result – FY10 – 10 Security LA, + 50 Security students

put in 4000k and involve 400+ students and instructors in a local competition (adding new competition category - CCNA Security )

put in 7000k : organization of an annual NetAcad event for Slovakia & Czech republic (in Slovakia) - for 200 participants

Put in 10 000k: development of NetAcad knowledge repository

Put in 1500k: Slovakian NetAcad Newsletter (one of the most successful NetAcad newsletters in CEE, impact – more than 16 000 students).

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Networking Academy in Slovakia FY09

VISION

STRATEGY

EXECUTION

Networking academy program is a part of the governmental program of building a knowledge based economy in Slovakia

NetAcad: An innovative ICT education initiative - strategic model of Public-Private partnership in education

Globally consistent and locally relevant

Comprehensive and sustainable

Delivered through- cooperation with other Cisco entities, partners

ECOSYSTEM & Public-Private Partnerships which brings together institutions with different backgrounds, strengths, and perspectives to accomplish what would not be possible alone

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