[kictanet] OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE ALREADY LOADED WITH EMADDO

Mon Feb 12 15:42:13 EAT 2007

>considering that  only 35% of secondary schools do not have commercial power, the rest should be  e-enabled. 

Yesterday, I discovered 40 trucks with generators with a capacity of 10 PCs that criss-cross Kenya ( In fact for the last 40+ years). => showing films to rural folks.

Proposal: Kenya Pipeline, Education, Infocom, partner with Kenya Film Corporation and these trucks serve are mobile "digital houses". Nearby Schools' Internauts go to surf at the trucks at nearby trading centres.

Our ISOC Chapter-in-formation will install children safe-browsing software.

CCK sponsors KU-Band satellite dishes.

Wild  ???

Alex

charles nduati <charlesnduati2002 at yahoo.co.uk> wrote: Hi Sang,

I thank you for congratulating us on the emaddo, I want to inform you all that being a research institution, by year end certain parts will be really manufactured in kenya. Above all, we already have school management  software , library and e- learning   open source softwares we can buddle together with maddo for schools. 

Just place your  emaddo order with us and see

Charles

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----- Original Message ----
From: Mr. Barnabas Sang <bksang at education.go.ke>
To: charlesnduati2002 at yahoo.co.uk
Sent: Thursday, 8 February, 2007 1:02:50 PM
Subject: Re: [kictanet] adopt a school

     Alex, I totally agree with you considering that  only 35% of secondary schools do not have commercial power, the rest should be  e-enabled. Approximately 10% of the Primary Schools do have  electricity.

 Comprehensive Secondary Education ICT Strategy  (Sub-set of National ICT Strategy for Education and Training Developed in  2005 under the Kenya Education Sector Support Programme - KESSP) can be  developed through multi-stakeholder forum like the one Walu moderated on the OFC  (critical for much wanted connectivity for education institutions).

 Regards

 B.K.S.
    ----- Original Message ----- 
   From:    Alex    Gakuru 
   To: bksang at education.go.ke 
   Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 11:49    AM
   Subject: Re: [kictanet] adopt a    school

I thank and really encourage everyone helping to make the    Internet for Everyone a reality in Kenya.

Collectively, it appears we    may actually make National ICT policy target of all secondary to have access    to the internet in 2 years and 10 months (by 2010).

Nice job Walu, at    least no keyboards or monitors got smashed:-)

Alex 

"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 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. 

     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.

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

     Kind regards

     Sang
            -----        Original Message ----- 
       From:        Dorcas        Muthoni 
       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            
           To:            bksang at education.go.ke 
           Cc:            David Owino            
           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 
               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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