Java Education Network Egypt (JENE)

1. Java Education Network Egypt
Ahmed Hashim
Egyptian Java User Group Founder
Java Champion
hashim@egjug.org

2. Disclaimer
The content of this presentation is copyrighted
to the Egyptian Java User Group presented by
Ahmed Hashim as JUG Leader.

3. Introduction
• OSS: Open Source Software
• Java: Most popular programming language
• JSR: Java Specification Request
• JCP: Java Community Process
• JUG: Java User Group
• EGJUG: Egyptian Java User Group
• JEDI: Java Education Development Initiative
• JC: Java Champion

4. About
• Who is Ahmed Hashim?
– Egyptian JUG Founder and Leader
– Java Champion (only one in Middle East and Africa)
– JCP member
– Java Black Belt (only one in Middle East and Africa)

5. My background
• Computer Science graduate, Cairo University.
• Former EDS, Etisalat employee.
• Interviewed big number of Java developers
including ITI graduates.
• Assessed ITI training “JETS”.
• Assessed training providers!
• Delivered and organized a lot of courses.
• Aware of most of MCIT programs.

6. In co-operation with
• Frans Thamura: JC, Founder of JUG Indonesia
• Project planned advisors in the next steps
– Sang Shin: JavaPassion.com founder
– Bruno Souza: Founder JUG Brazil, OSI Director
– Egyptian software architects
– Egyptian academic staff

7. Objectives
• Increase the number of trained Java developers
per year.
• Increase the quality of Java developers.
• Support students as well as graduates to learn
the latest technologies.
• Learn the latest technologies “on time”.
• Link the industry with education.
• Learn the state of the art.
• Raise the percentage of entrepreneurship.
• Teach students how to learn!

8. What are the results?
• Higher rate for our developers which will increase
the income for the ICT sector.
• Availability of resources which support the MEGA
deals which can get new investors and support
expansion in Egypt.
• Increase the quality of the developers to compete
with the near-shore market (Poland, Romania,
Ukrania, Estonia ..etc).
• Increase the innovation in the technology and
Open Source contributions.
• Increase the entrepreneurship and VC.

9. Why Java, Linux?
• Java is platform independent.
• Java is the most popular language.
• Java is Open Source.
• Java is everywhere “ESAC”.
• Java is used in R&D.
• Linux/Unix/Java are the best choice for enterprise
applications.
• Linux is powerful, secure, free and Open Source.

10. How Java is popular

11. Java is used in R&D
• European Space Astronomy Centre (ESAC) use
Java since 199x and proved that it was the
correct decision.

12. Program components
1. Students
2. Teachers
3. Courses
4. Exams “evaluation”
5. Projects
6. Credibility
7. Employment and entrepreneurship

13. 1-Students
• Faculty of Computer Science, Faculty of
Engineering, Faculty of Science students. We
need our graduates to be super stars.
• Developers also need development but they
can’t spend a lot of time on training.

14. 2-Teachers
• University staff.
• Full time teachers “with hands on experience”.
• Part time teachers.
• Developers “sponsorship from companies”.
• International instructors.
• Video conference with overseas consultants.
• Our graduates will not become teachers!

15. 3- Courses
• Multiple vendor
• Up to date technologies
• State of the art
• Hands on labs
• Fulfill the market needs

17. JEDI: Java Education Development
Initiative
JEDI is a project of the University of the Philippines Java
Research and Development Center and Oracle and in
partnership with various groups from education and industry.
Country Schools Teachers Students
Philippines 422 3242 175,668
Brazil 49 49 43,637
Vietnam 40 323 34,273
Indonesia 47 800 10,282

18. 3- Courses
JEDI
JENI
JENE
Java
Passion
Oracle
Academy

19. 4- Evaluation
• In house exam system Advanced Java
score 3.0/5.0 rate
is $15-$40 per
• Java Black Belt exams hour
• ODesk exams “immediate ROI”

20. 5- Projects
• Open Source Software
• Collaborative projects
• Projects for NGO’s
• Projects for the Gov
• National projects
• Research and Development

21. 6- Credibility
• ITIDA
• Egyptian JUG
• JEDI
• JavaPassion
• Java Black Belt
• Institute name (Cairo University ..etc)

22. 7- Employment and entrepreneurship
• Program portal has all info about graduates for
employers.
• EGJUG has a big network including SME as well as
multinational big companies. We are approached
by many companies yearly.
• The course content will be matching the market
needs.
• Public relation with the industry.
• Quarter survey to be upto date.
• Business Incubator.

23. Extensions
• We can deliver this project in African countries
like
– Democratic Republic of Congo
– Tunis
• We can extend the scope to include other
technologies/products like (Php, Drupal, perl,
python, compier, SugarCRM)

24. How ITIDA can help?