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Hello everyone, I need your feedback on something we're building at BIT. Next week, we are launching admissions for our 2027 intake at bit.ac.zw. BIT is a tuition-free vocational college in Bikita, Zimbabwe, training software engineers. The Challenge - There is a shortage of skilled software engineers. - Can we train job-ready software engineers in just 12 months? - Can we do it with AI and no human instructors? - Can we scale to 1 million software engineers across Africa in 10 years? Here's the plan: 1. Selection - Online entrance exam with 6 games testing logical thinking, problem-solving and the ability to learn quickly. - First intake: 100 students (20 on-site in Bikita, 80 online). 2. Learning by Building - Coding from day one. - 150 coding assignments. - 30 mini projects. - 5 enterprise-grade applications. - 4 team projects, one every 3 months. 3. Learning Platform - Self-paced, competency-based learning. - Automated assessment of coding assignments. - Students must pass a live AI video interview on their completed coding projects to progress. - No human teachers or tutors. 4. Financial Support - 100% tuition-free. - $50 monthly stipend from month 4. 5. Employment - Guaranteed job offers through our local and international employer partners. - Employers pay BIT for each successful placement. 6. Long-Term Goal After validating the model with our first cohort, we aim to train 1 million software engineers across Africa over 10 years. My ask: What are we missing? What would you change to make this model work? Can it produce software engineers you'd actually want to hire? If this experiment fails, I hope someone else can learn from it, improve the model and build something better. @SirTitusVeTech @kloudCoder @fariraijames @begottensun @freemanchari @CyprianAarons @hillzy911 @harveylb_ @ZimDevelopers @tawandan1 @daddyhope @TateMavetera @BusisaMoyo @matigary @Techzim – at Zimbabwe