[kictanet] Laptops for 2014 class 1 entrants - fears

[peres_were at yahoo.co.uk]

While the laptops for schools is a great initiative, I hope there will be sufficient local educational content available for use.

Laptops minus content will have little effect. There needs to be a push to develop relevant digital content for schools.

I am currently involved in conducting a pilot project to measure the impact of use of eBooks in schools. We are surveying public schools in Nairobi and rural areas.  I have encountered a number of schools  that have various devices such as e-Readers, Tablets, Laptops, Smartboards. But their biggest challenge has been obtaining local educational content that is KIE approved.

We are currently engaging Kenyan publishers through the Kenya Publishers Association to encourage them to begin converting their books into eBooks.

Peres Were


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