[kictanet] Govt: Children will not take laptops home

Mon Aug 12 17:20:34 EAT 2013

Mark,

IIRC, there was a stakeholders meeting with 'govt' some time back at
Strathmore.EDU. At that point in time, these recent developments had
not come out. The govt appears to "think" this project over in
piecemeal manner. If the govt was to re-engage the stakeholders today
I am sure they will come up with new positions. A laptop is a portable
device. My understanding based on assumption was that each child
entering class 1 was supposed to be issued with a laptop. Whether this
was to be treated as a "personal issue" by the recipient is not clear
to me since I haven't read that part of the Jubilee govt's manifesto,
but I'd have believed once issues to a kid, the laptop belongs to the
kid and they can personalize it. However, if the laptop was to be
shared, and then be surrendered upon completion of Std 1, then it
doesn't make sense. I am assuming the kid owns the laptop issued to
them and uses this till they get to Std 8 - probably. So if the kids
are only going to use the devices and leave them in the school, it
also means there will be no homework based on the devices, right.
Hence the justification for the govt to instead consider the labs
option - and broaden the scope of this project beyond Std 1 as had
been rightly said.

Question now is: Is this project being implemented by the line
ministry in consultation with the ICT ministry? What role is the ICT
ministry playing? Is there a possibility that the govt can still
listen to stakeholders input in view of the new developments or must
another workshop be held 'to further consult', or is there a point of
contact in the govt who is willing to listen and engage? Do you
suppose the govt will be willing to consider other options other than
'laptop'? As it stands now, I am not even sure what the specs of this
laptop is and whether it fits into the definition of a laptop. Anyone
with the actuals??

On 12 August 2013 14:39, Mark Mwangi <mwangy at gmail.com> wrote:
> @wash The government exists with your taxes and support(again with taxes,
> patriotism blah blah blah.) It should thus be guided to the right path.
> Treating the government as an amorphous body that we have no real control
> over will leave Prof. Kaimenyi implementing horrendous things due to
> political pressure or rather tender pressure.
>
> As Kivuva says, it is rather strange that we are happy to sideline 7
> generations in favour of incoming class one students.
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 2:32 PM, Kivuva <Kivuva at transworldafrica.com> wrote:
>>
>> As a community, lets advocate for the labs. There is no reason why a class
>> 2 student should spend 7years in school without access to a terminal while a
>> class 1 has 8 years of laptop access. Is common sense that scarce?
>> ______________________
>> Mwendwa Kivuva
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>> On 12 August 2013 14:01, Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> The more they should just build LAB with terminal and let all children
>>> use the computers. It doesn't make sense to limit them to class 1.
>>>
>>> "Each device would cost Sh15,000 meaning the government could spend at
>>> least Sh15 billion in the first phase". From other news I've seen
>>> before, the govt (or their mouthpieces) did say these devices would
>>> cost KES 8,500 or thereabouts.
>>>
>>> From https://twitter.com/OleItumbi/status/346704000147664896, I can
>>> see there is a plan to build Labs, and it was in the budget.
>>>
>>> However, my question is still on the laptop. What is the _actual_ cost
>>> for a single unit?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 12 August 2013 13:21, Grace Githaiga <ggithaiga at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>> > The government now says schoolchildren would not be allowed to walk
>>> > home
>>> > with laptops once they start using them from next year.
>>> >
>>> > Ministry of Education officials Monday told a stakeholders’ forum in
>>> > Nairobi
>>> > that lessons from other countries indicate there would be many cases of
>>> > lost
>>> > gadgets if school children are allowed to go home with them.
>>> >
>>> > http://www.nation.co.ke/News/-/1056/1944834/-/vlrgegz/-/index.html
>>> >
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