[kictanet] adopt a school

Sat Feb 10 11:50:24 EAT 2007

Hi All,

Jus A few comments.......

On 2/8/07, Mr. Barnabas Sang <bksang at education.go.ke> wrote:
>
>  Muthoni,
>
> Thanks for the highlights on FOSS/FLOSS, which the education sector have
> been following for the last three years.
>
> During the last one year, we have been evaluating and inquiring for
> proponents of FOSS/FLOSS
>

who (persons/group)exactly have you been working with on this?
>

to come forth with a concrete proposal that will ensure government get a
> solution that will provide the features and advantages you have highlighted
> (perhaps another call made here).
>
> By the way, for the 142 Schools to be equipped by March, all bidders are
> expected (mandatory feature) to have dual boot to both Open Source OS
> (Ubuntu or equivalent) and Windows OS. The challenge is that we are yet to
> see bidders with enough capacity to handle this kind of deployment in our
> schools.
>

This is a big realisation to all of us and we are behind you 100% good work
here!

There is lots of potential on FOSS/FLOSS. Statistic in Europe and Asia
> indicate to us the direction education institutions are taking in order to
> ensure TCO and ROI on ICT in education investments are justified.
>
> I got a CD from your stand in the ongoing ICT for Development Expo which
> is quite informative (productwise). Missing though is the e-learning
> platforms like moodle, which could interest enterprises and institutions of
> higher learning.
>

There is edubuntu that has a sort of elearning platform..............you
could link up with me I get you a copy.

Otherwise, Thanks, will take note of your advice on issues you've touched.
>
> Kind regards
>
> Sang
>

Kind Regards,

----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Dorcas Muthoni <dmuthoni at gmail.com>
> *To:* bksang at education.go.ke
> *Sent:* Wednesday, February 07, 2007 8:35 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [kictanet] adopt a school
>
> I believe that Free and Open Source Software (FOSS/FLOSS) can a play
> significant role on the software acquisition frontier, capacity building,
> security (no viruses) and CUTTING COSTS.
>
> We surely do not need discounts on software to make e-centers/ digital
> schools a reality.
>
> Muthoni
>
> On 2/7/07, Mr. Barnabas Sang <bksang at education.go.ke> wrote:
> >
> >  Numbers are no longer an issue taking into consideration the current
> > momentum of e-leaders in our amidst:
> >
> > Early Childhood Development (ECD) Centers - 29,500
> > Primary Schools - 19,890
> > Secondary Schools - 4,125
> >
> > Tertiary - 3,200
> >
> > *ICT as an means....*
> > **
> > The challenge is to increased access to Secondary Education which
> > currently stand at 60% transition (i.e. percentage of class eight
> > graduates to Secondary education). Big question then is, Does ICT provide
> > answers to such an issue? Yes.... Thus need for prioritization of ICTs
> > targeting Secondary Schools and Community Learning Centers to allow youth
> > out of formal schooling to access Secondary Education.
> >
> > Research also indicates that PC presence in schools, especially in
> > Primary, have some influence on grade performance (sciences and
> > mathematics). Primary schools with ICT infrastructure can benefit from huge
> > knowledge-base and variety of digital content (largely Universal) available.
> >
> > For digital villages and e-schools to succeed, the following have to be
> > prioritized:
> >
> >    - Content: appropriate content which supplements or complement
> >    current curriculum. Thanks to Mr. Sammy Kirui (Telkom) for identifying this
> >    need in ICT for Development Expo speech. This is the number one case:
> >    Without appropriate content, ICT becomes a luxury and hence no school
> >    management committees can justify ICT in education investment. Will there be
> >    some significant change in school performance after investment? Can school
> >    retention of students (against dropouts or transfers) be sustained? Will the
> >    syllabi be better delivered than is the case now?
> >    - Capacity building: yes digital content can be in place and
> >    infrastructure and all software we need to have envisaged e-institutions.
> >    Without training to manage the resources and utilized them, the investment
> >    will be run down within no time. Challenges of security (antivirus:
> >    experience we are observing in the NEPAD e-Schools), malfunctioning of
> >    hardware (physiological differences of our landscape - dust, heat, wind/
> >    power access and physical security) and social threats of Internet
> >    introduced in our schools. Definitely, training is key. follow-up training
> >    is critical as well.
> >    - ICT Integration: This is an activity that involves integration
> >    of ICT in each subject area, making ICT a media for instruction, tool for
> >    delivery and channel for information access. e.g. if you're a
> >    biology teacher, we expect you to take students to a computer lab twice a
> >    week to teach some topics which require animation for better comprehension.
> >    If one teaches Kiswahili, we expect some lesson in "Ngeli na sentensi..." to
> >    be done in the lab... using Swahili version of software... This is what will
> >    demystify ICT from being a preserve for tech teachers to being a tool for
> >    every teacher every student rather than for computer students.
> >    - ICT Infrastructure access: the Numbers, yes, 30,000 Schools as
> >    indicated would require some resources. For an e-school to be effective,
> >    assuming two students will share a PC in our schools, a 45 Student stream
> >    class would use 25 PCs per lab. If the school is three streams, then you
> >    require a minimum of two labs. To have sharing of materials and resources
> >    done effectively and efficiently, a LAN is definitely required.
> >    - National and Regional ICT Support Centers: to act as
> >    institutions where issues are resolved as they arise in our e-institutions.
> >    Could it be content? Repair? Training follow-up? Replacement etc. Support
> >    centre should provide some helpdesk services.
> >
> > Connectivity comes to add value to all interventions, especially when an
> > e-institutions realize they have content that require others to access or
> > they would require access to shared resources in some portal. In some cases,
> > Internet might be supplementary to the above key points. Yes, we know
> > Internet is a resource where the learner and info-seekers would benefit. It
> > still lies with having content (appropriate content and security), capacity
> > building (on sites, portals) and Sustainable connectivity options. Thanks to
> > Kai and others who're sounding an alarm for provision of this treasured
> > resource to our esteem education institutions (for *Free!*). With launch
> > of various products by service providers in the recent past, it is expected
> > that connectivity will be available in most parts of our country /
> > continent! (CEO Safaricom and CEO Celtel -> ICT for Dev Expo quotes). I will
> > be more observant to see demos of these products in a few e-institutions.
> >
> > Thanks to PS InfoCom and all of you working to make eMado (Madaraka) PC
> > a reality. I hope we have other players thinking on content (especially for
> > e-education/e-learning) for various target groups; that will indeed make the
> > eMado attractive.
> >
> > Kind regards,
> >
> > B. K. Sang
> > ICT Department
> > Ministry of Education
> > P O Box 30040-00100
> > Nairobi
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > *From:* Alex Gakuru <alex.gakuru at yahoo.com>
> > *To:* bksang at education.go.ke
> > *Cc:* David Owino <david.owino at kdn.co.ke>
> > *Sent:* Wednesday, February 07, 2007 5:51 PM
> > *Subject:* Re: [kictanet] adopt a school
> >
> > Whoaa... 30,000 Kenya schools?
> >
> > Gakuru
> >
> > *Kai Wulff <kai.wulff at kdn.co.ke>* wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > we are willing to ADOPT the connectivity to all the schools for free!
> >
> > Kai
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > *From:* Rebecca Wanjiku <rebeccawanjiku at yahoo.com>
> > *To:* kai.wulff at kdn.co.ke
> > *Sent:* Wednesday, February 07, 2007 15:09
> > *Subject:* [kictanet] adopt a school
> >
> > Adopting Schools
> >  It all started with "Adopt a light", an ambitious city lighting
> > project. Now, Manu Chandaria, industrialist cum philanthropist wants to
> > apply the same concept in ICTs.
> >  Speaking at the ICT for Development Expo opening ceremony on February
> > 7, Chandaria challenged Kenyans to adopt schools and make sure they can
> > access computers.
> >  "You can change the face of your village school. Just go there and
> > donate a computer. You can change the face of Kenya," Chandaria said.
> >  He also disclosed that he will finance a digital training centre in
> > Mariakani. The centre will be expected to act as a base to establish digital
> > villages in coastal area. One digital village will cost approximately shs
> > 140,000 (USD 2000).
> > ends
> >
> >
> > Rebecca Wanjiku,
> > journalist,
> > p.o box 33515,
> > Nairobi.00600
> > Kenya.
> >
> > Tel. 254 720 318 925
> >
> > blog:http://beckyit.blogspot.com/
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