As a heads up I’m going to be attending the Cisco South Africa Partner Career Day happening at the University of Pretoria. This event rolls into one many things I am really passionate about (I think most Cisco Certified individuals are passionate about at least some of these things) namely skills, the youth, Information Communication Technology (ICT) and training.
The event sounds similar to the Cisco Global Talent Acceleration Program (GTAP) (More at ITWEB) launch a while back and although that event was not really directly relevant to me (I was a little late out of uni myself to benefit directly or apply) or my business (we are Cisco Partner and this was basically a Cisco Post Graduate Training Program with a twist) there was talk about this programs content being extended or made available in some shape or form to the Partner Community (that means everyday businesses that are somehow connected to Cisco Systems in the ecosystem).
What this would in effect mean to me and you (partner based students of the network world that either work for Cisco Partners or are trying to skill up on our lonesome) without the frills is a fast track, hard hitting, quick and to the point series of training provided by an accredited Cisco learning partner and tested by Cisco Systems themselves that gets you to written CCIE level as quickly and efficiently as possible.
Lets see what this event holds in store for us, I will post it afterwards. Thanks goes out to JP for the heads up and hooking me up with an invite (its nice and conveniently close to my offices).