I have two observations to make in regard to the mentioned technical skills:

Firstly, employers, can play a leading role in developing and widening these skills. This is so because, many with these particular technical skills today have developed or sharpened more while the recipients are in a work environment than in ( or at time of graduating from ) a learning institution.

Secondly, I strongly think that in general technical institutions have produced ( or are better-suited to produce ) more people with these skills. But since 2000, comparatively, there has been more students enrolled in university ICT than are in corresponding courses in technical colleges. Authorities ought to awaken to the reality that there has been and will be need for these skills. Initiatives to attract students in appropriate technical institutions, for this purpose therefore, cannot be overemphasised.