[kictanet] Govt: Children will not take laptops home

Mon Aug 12 18:46:29 EAT 2013

@Sang,

True that. I do recall participating in the facilitation of the  5day ICT Strategy for Education a while back and it did envision what the government is trying to do.  However, reading from other Listers you might agree that the government has been sending out mixed "Policy level" signals that must be confusing to stakeholders (the Tech-Partners, the Teachers, The Parents, The Content Publishers - just to name a few).

I think CS Prof. Kaimenyi for Education (the process owner) must work with CS Dr. Matiangi for Min of ICT to deliver this thing successfully. The flip-flopping (e.g Laptop vs Tablet, Networked PCs vs No Networked PCs, Going home with device vs Locking them up, cost of Ksh26,000 through 8,000a nd most recently 15,000, etc) is not good PR.

It betrays a project under seige by forces beyond the control of the Cabinet Secretaries.

my 2Coins of analysis.

walu.

enjoy Uasin Gishu - the land of champions.

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 From: Barnabas K. Sang <bsang at education.go.ke>
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Sent: Monday, August 12, 2013 3:06 PM
Subject: Re: [kictanet] Govt: Children will not take laptops home

Dear colleagues,

I want to assure all KICTAnet members that ICT Integration in Education for Primary Schools in Kenya is on course. Retired President Kibaki launched our first pilot in 2006 at Kikambala Primary School Kilifi.

There has been a National ICT Strategy for Education and Training developed in 2006 (where Walubengo and others facilitated its development), guiding ICT Integration in Education.

Having participated in the design of the concept meant to guide laptop programme in Primary schools, I remember encouraging members in the forum at Strathmore University to move quickly and approach all leaders on mode of distribution and use (whether to be used in lab model or use by kids as take-away device).

There are a lot of intrigues surrounding the two approaches, some driven at highest levels in Government. As such, I am confident that Dr. Mathiangi and Prof. Kaimenyi are equal and listening to all positive criticism and suggestions.

Today, I know the Ministry of Education was holding internal stakeholders forum (MOE's agencies, teachers heads association, unions etc.) and hope that is subsequent sessions, they will include industry experts. Otherwise, professionals can book appointments with Temba John (Project Manager at MOE) and have a presentation whenever possible.

B. K. Sang
Executive ICT & EGov, Uasin Gishu County
Former CIO / Head of ICT Department MOE

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From: kictanet [kictanet-bounces+bsang=education.go.ke at lists.kictanet.or.ke] on behalf of Mark Mwangi [mwangy at gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, August 12, 2013 2:39 PM
To: Barnabas K. Sang
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Subject: Re: [kictanet] Govt: Children will not take laptops home

@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? 
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>On 12 August 2013 14:01, Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo at gmail.com> wrote:
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>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.
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>>From https://twitter.com/OleItumbi/status/346704000147664896, I can
>>see there is a plan to build Labs, and it was in the budget.
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>>However, my question is still on the laptop. What is the _actual_ cost
>>for a single unit?
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>>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.
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>>> http://www.nation.co.ke/News/-/1056/1944834/-/vlrgegz/-/index.html
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