Education PS Belio Kipsang (centre) presents an external disk to JKUAT
vice-chancellor Marbel Imbuga (right) during the handover of the digital
content to the consortium that won the education tender at the KICD in
Nairobi on February 29, 2016. PHOTO | SALATON NJAU | NATION MEDIA GROUP
The government has set aside Sh2.6 billion for the purchase of furniture
that will be used by Class One pupils who will receive laptops.
Each of the 22,000 public schools will be given Sh207, 000 to acquire the special desks for use by the pupils who will begin receiving the free devices in the next two weeks.
Education Principal Secretary Belio Kipsang’ said another Sh1.2 billion has already been spent in building strong rooms in each school for safe storage of the devices.
Already, 62,000 teachers have been trained on how to use the devices with another batch set for training in a few weeks’ time, Dr Kipsang said.
“We are due to train, within the next three weeks, another 25,000 teachers in preparation for this programme,” he added.
He was speaking Monday during a press conference at the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD) after handing over digital content to the two consortiums that won the tender to supply the laptops to primary schools in the country.
The consortium of Moi University and South African research and investing firm JP SA Couto and Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture & Technology (JKUAT) together with its partner Positivo BGH, will first supply the devices to 150 selected schools beginning March 15.
The two received the class one and two digital content which will be fed into the laptops before they are distributed for test runs.
“We are going to go to the next level where we have identified 150 schools to test this particular concept. We expect the consortium to deliver the devices for prove of concept by March 15,” Dr Kipsang said.
Each of the 22,000 public schools will be given Sh207, 000 to acquire the special desks for use by the pupils who will begin receiving the free devices in the next two weeks.
Education Principal Secretary Belio Kipsang’ said another Sh1.2 billion has already been spent in building strong rooms in each school for safe storage of the devices.
Already, 62,000 teachers have been trained on how to use the devices with another batch set for training in a few weeks’ time, Dr Kipsang said.
“We are due to train, within the next three weeks, another 25,000 teachers in preparation for this programme,” he added.
He was speaking Monday during a press conference at the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD) after handing over digital content to the two consortiums that won the tender to supply the laptops to primary schools in the country.
The consortium of Moi University and South African research and investing firm JP SA Couto and Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture & Technology (JKUAT) together with its partner Positivo BGH, will first supply the devices to 150 selected schools beginning March 15.
The two received the class one and two digital content which will be fed into the laptops before they are distributed for test runs.
“We are going to go to the next level where we have identified 150 schools to test this particular concept. We expect the consortium to deliver the devices for prove of concept by March 15,” Dr Kipsang said.
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