[kictanet] [ISOC_KE] The State Of Internet Access In Our Schools & Kenya’s Global Ranking In A Hyper-Connected World

[Solomon Mbũrũ Kamau]

I'd be grateful to be involved in this since I'm a practitioner in the
adult education sub-sector. The challenge I've seen is a high number
of teachers would rather go for the paper and chalk, instead of
adapting technology.

On 18/09/2012, Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks Ouya and Ali, sounds very exciting i am sure Martin and
> colleagues will be getting in touch with you it is a great public
> course at the end of the day we have to ensure that the Internet is
> for everyone, indeed we can do something as Ali proposes.
>
> On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 9:49 AM, Ouya Obunga <ouya.bill at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Dear Barrack, Hussein,
>>
>> I'm currently undertaking a similar consultancy carried out by USAID
>> through
>> ACE (Accelerating 21st Century Education) and TEPD (Teacher Education and
>> Professional Development) whereby teachers were trained on use computers
>> and
>> internet such that when they teach, they just use laptops with no papers.
>> Additionally, these schools were given laptops that have all subjects
>> content in softcopy from KIE (the software is called Tafakari) plus
>> internet
>> connection that teachers and students can research on and learn the most
>> updated content.
>>
>> The project is in pilot stage in Garissa, Mombasa and Nyeri. I can be
>> resourceful in the event that you want to carry out a baseline survey on
>> the
>> same due to my interactions with these schools. In fact, one of the key
>> pillars of establishing computer system in schools was access to
>> affordable
>> internet connection since the use of Modems is proving to be very
>> expensive
>> for most of the schools.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Ouya Obunga
>> 0720 438 527
>>
>> On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 9:21 AM, Barrack Otieno
>> <otieno.barrack at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Ali,
>>>
>>> It is good you raise this issue, the same arose during our monthly
>>> Internet Society Chapter meeting last weekend and the Chapter decided
>>> to conduct a baseline survey whose findings we shall share with the
>>> community in due course, you raise very salient issues that members
>>> pointed out.
>>>
>>> Best Regards
>>>
>>> On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 5:55 AM, Ali Hussein <ali at hussein.me.ke> wrote:
>>> > Listers
>>> >
>>> > Last week I visited a school run by an NGO called New Dawn Kenya
>>> > www.newdawnkenya.com. The school is in an informal settlement in the
>>> > affluent Runda residential area. The appetite for education and
>>> > knowledge
>>> > among the students was a thing of beauty to see. These are extremely
>>> > disadvantaged young people with an insatiable thirst for knowledge.
>>> >
>>> > What struck home for me was that the majority of them had never
>>> > accessed
>>> > information on the Internet. This issue is an emotional one for me. As
>>> > a
>>> > hyper-connected Kenyan I have always taken for granted access to the
>>> > Internet for the last few years. Over the last few years Internet
>>> > usage
>>> > and
>>> > penetration levels have increased phenomenally.
>>> >
>>> > Read on:
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > http://alyhussein.com/2012/09/the-state-of-internet-access-in-our-schools-kenyas-global-ranking-in-a-hyper-connected-world/
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Ali Hussein
>>> >
>>> > +254 773/713 601113
>>> >
>>> > Sent from my iPad
>>> >
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>> --
>> Ouya Obunga
>> Lead Software Architect
>> Skooli Labs East Africa
>> 2nd Floor, Mageso Chambers,
>> Moi Avenue, Nairobi
>> +254 (20) 3572650, 0720 438 527
>> ouya at skooli.co.ke
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