[kictanet] KCSE Performance

[Fatma Bashir]

Mr Sang,

Thanks for the detailed reply to Ediths queries. Apart from the girl child,
I noted with concern that the performance of the sciences and Mathematics is
hurting more than that of the humanities and languages. This is not news.
Its our annual cry as an education body every march.

Shouldnt our efforts at KIE be to develop content that will assist the
delivery of these subject areas as clearly this is where the challenge is?
It has also been 3 years since the initiative started at KIE? why has it
taken this long? and is it possible to  let us know ( offline) which schools
have benfitted from the KIE content?
As a player in this sector I am very interested to monitor the progress of
digitzed content as a curriculum enrichment tool because we have been
waiting in the sidelines since FEBRUARY 2008 for the MOE to release the
report that the KIE provided them with on the evaluation of Digitzed content
from the private sector that was to be used in the schools digitization
program for the first 210 school nationwide. I am sure today we would have
alteast been looking at a vast improvement in science and maths grades in
over 200 schools.

I think that the KIE initiative to digitze content for the schools is
commendable but I hope it does fall prey to the challenges that KIE faced
when it was responsible for publishing of text books? I thought we learnt
our lesson then? futher more other countries seem to have realized that the
teacher/student creation of content model is a failure and that outsourcing
is the way to go. ( Uganda, Malaysia, India)

Lastly, it is always important to try and do things ourselves after all how
would we grow? but imagine if we refused the mobile phone, computer, the car
and medical technology because we simply had to create it ourselves, not
caring that others had the technology ready for us to use...where would be ?



Fatma




On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 11:21 AM, Barnabas K. Sang <bksang at education.go.ke>wrote:

>  Edith,
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> Digitization of Content is ongoing at KIE with Form 1 & 2 done for all
> Subjects and work is ongoing for the other forms.
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> Primary 4,5,6 & 7 have been digitized and work for other classes will soon
> start.
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> The Ministry in collaboration with sector partners is organizing a Regional
> Education Conference on E-learning, 29 – 31 March 2010 at KIE, where issues
> on ICT Integration and use of digitized content will be discussed. MOE in
> the next year’s budget has also factored in resources for availing the same
> to schools (particularly with ICT infrastructure). Current focus is not
> starting Computer Studies in schools, but empowering all teachers to use
> modern tools in curriculum delivery. English, Geography, History,
> Mathematics .... teachers should use ICT to make classes fun and educative
> for the learners. Learners should participate in the creation of content,
> sharing and collaborating in the classroom environment.
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> ICT Integration programmes are underway in some of the institutions in the
> Ministry: CEMASTEA (focuses on INSET for teacher – not only science and
> mathematics, but all other subject areas) and KESI (focusing on education
> management and administration). KIE – digitization of content and setting of
> standards for publishers and interested content developers for use in Kenyan
> schools.
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> Pertaining schools which got resources in support for ICT, the delays were
> occassioned by some providers admitting lack of capacity to deliver and yet
> they had been paid initial deposit. Legal process is underway to indemnify
> schools of such acts. In some instance, schools also delayed in awarding
> contracts, due to lack of capacity to interpret and use the new procurement
> law (management of procurement process).
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> Kind regards
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> B. K. Sang
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> *From:* Edith Adera [mailto:eadera at idrc.or.ke]
> *Sent:* 04 March 2010 09:32
> *To:* Barnabas K. Sang
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> *Cc:* alewela; ke users; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
> *Subject:* RE: KCSE Performance
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> Mr Sang,
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> It was VERY sad indeed to see the girl child perform so poorly! What
> measures are being put in place to change this?
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> When is digital curriculum, being developed by KIE going to be out and made
> available to schools? Years of research has shown that they greatly enhance
> teaching and learning - and promote self learning too. We have to deal with
> other factors that lead to poor performance, but I think multimedia
> curriuculum content needs to be availed to schools ASAP along with
> computerization.
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> What became of the computerization program you were running? Some schools
> are still waiting for computers promised to them...many months and years
> down the line!
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> Edith
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> *From:* kictanet-bounces+eadera=idrc.or.ke at lists.kictanet.or.ke[kictanet-bounces+eadera=
> idrc.or.ke at lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of Barnabas K. Sang [
> bksang at education.go.ke]
> *Sent:* 04 March 2010 09:26
> *To:* Edith Adera
> *Cc:* alewela; ke users; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
> *Subject:* Re: [kictanet] KCSE Performance
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>    Thought would be of interest to you.
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> Kind regards
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> B. K. Sang
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