Nationwide Conference on Information Technology for Higher Education of Afghanistan

The IT Conference took place for two days (1- 2 of Sep, 2007) in the Conference Hall of the MoHE, Kabul Afghanistan. One of the most important aims of the conference was to bring the representatives of the Afghan government, the Afghan universities, non-government organizations as well as International experts together and discuss on the basis of the "National IT Strategy for Higher Education in Afghanistan", the following points:

- which actions have to be taken to abolish shortage of IT lecturers at the universities,

- which educational concepts, in consideration of the situation in Afghanistan, are relevant for this and

- in what ways can the IT education and further training of the university employees be improved.

The following points were focused in the IT Conference:

- The role of IT in education

- Presentation of current projects

- Formulation of common aims on the basis of the recommendations of the first and second part of the IT Conferences in    Afghanistan.

- Creation of a coordination platform to support IT in education.

The conference was organized by the IT department of the MoHE in cooperation with the Technical University of Berlin and financially supported by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).

At the end of the conference the organizers hoped for an agreement, and clarification of who is willing to take care of which tasks of IT like:

- Working out a consistent IT curriculum

- Dispatching IT experts

- IT training for University employees

- IT education for students and lecturers within the framework of an exchange program

- Providing hardware and design of a network for the university campuses

- Funding of equipment, ongoing costs and Internet access

On the second day of conference, the IT Center of Kabul Polytechnic University (KOICA) was represented by Assis. Prof. Humaira Akhtari (IT lecturer in KPU).