Laying the foundation for software development industry in Zimbabwe
This paper analyses the impact of the Zimbabwe education curriculum on the development of home grown software solutions. Interviews and questionnaires were employed as information gathering techniques, to obtain both qualitative and quantitative data. This study reveals that, to a greater extent ear...
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| author | Ruvinga, Caroline Ruvinga, Lawrence Zhou, Munyaradzi Musungwini, Samuel Zhou, Tinashe Gwendolyn |
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| description | This paper analyses the impact of the Zimbabwe education curriculum on the development of home grown software solutions. Interviews and questionnaires were employed as information gathering techniques, to obtain both qualitative and quantitative data. This study reveals that, to a greater extent early exposure to computing studies produces high quality software development programmers. The
study further reveals that most computing professionals only learn programming basics at advanced stages of career development. This adversely affects the software development industry in Zimbabwe as it runs short of experts in the field. The paper recommends early introduction to programming concepts in primary and secondary education, which will go a long way in career development and ultimately create opportunities in the software development industry and benefit the Zimbabwe economy at large. |
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| spelling | ir-11408-34452022-06-27T13:49:06Z Laying the foundation for software development industry in Zimbabwe Ruvinga, Caroline Ruvinga, Lawrence Zhou, Munyaradzi Musungwini, Samuel Zhou, Tinashe Gwendolyn Software development Education curriculum Computer programming Experts, technology This paper analyses the impact of the Zimbabwe education curriculum on the development of home grown software solutions. Interviews and questionnaires were employed as information gathering techniques, to obtain both qualitative and quantitative data. This study reveals that, to a greater extent early exposure to computing studies produces high quality software development programmers. The study further reveals that most computing professionals only learn programming basics at advanced stages of career development. This adversely affects the software development industry in Zimbabwe as it runs short of experts in the field. The paper recommends early introduction to programming concepts in primary and secondary education, which will go a long way in career development and ultimately create opportunities in the software development industry and benefit the Zimbabwe economy at large. 2019-02-11T08:34:16Z 2019-02-11T08:34:16Z 2014 Article 2347-8446 www.ijarcst.com/doc/vol2-issue1/caroline.pdf http://hdl.handle.net/11408/3445 en International Journal of Advanced Research in Computer Science & Technology;Vol. 2, No. 1: p. 184-186 open International Journal of Advanced Research in Computer Science & Technology |
| spellingShingle | Software development Education curriculum Computer programming Experts, technology Ruvinga, Caroline Ruvinga, Lawrence Zhou, Munyaradzi Musungwini, Samuel Zhou, Tinashe Gwendolyn Laying the foundation for software development industry in Zimbabwe |
| title | Laying the foundation for software development industry in Zimbabwe |
| title_full | Laying the foundation for software development industry in Zimbabwe |
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| title_short | Laying the foundation for software development industry in Zimbabwe |
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| topic | Software development Education curriculum Computer programming Experts, technology |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11408/3445 |
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