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

[Francis Hook]

Hi Meshack
I think you mean Kenya ICT Board with regard to Wezesha?
Rgds
Francis

On 18 September 2012 11:35, meshack emakunat <memakunat at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Dear listers
>
> I really admired the Wezesha initiative from Orange TKL. The program
> enabled university students to own laptops and therefore enhanced education
> in the universities. I think the same idea can be used in secondary and
> primary schools and may require proper monitoring due to the diverse nature
> of the contents in the internet.
>
> --- On *Mon, 9/17/12, Ali Hussein <ali at hussein.me.ke>* wrote:
>
>
> From: Ali Hussein <ali at hussein.me.ke>
> Subject: [kictanet] The State Of Internet Access In Our Schools & Kenya’s
> Global Ranking In A Hyper-Connected World
> To: memakunat at yahoo.com
> Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> Date: Monday, September 17, 2012, 7:55 PM
>
>
> 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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Francis Hook
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