[kictanet] Govt: Children will not take laptops home

Tue Aug 13 11:22:44 EAT 2013

If I recall some information provided at the Strathmore briefing, 70+% of
our schools are off the electricity grid.

Solar infrastructure will cost about KES 3M per school (and it is wise to
budget 50% of this amount for annual maintenance).

We should query head teachers in our 20,000+ primary schools, who will in
turn query their teachers and parents.

100,000 filled questionnaires can provide some very good localized insight
:)

If they want mobile labs with dumb terminals accessing a powerful
workstation, let it be so.

(Problem is that this is a single point of failure - so maybe there could
be 2 workstations)

If it is laptops, let it be laptops being used in classrooms.

Let local communities suggest what will work best for them.

Blessings

Murigi / Stanley Muraya

*"Better a patient person than a warrior, one with self-control than one
who takes a city." Prov 16:32*

On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 6:46 PM, Walubengo J <jwalu at yahoo.com> wrote:

> @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.
>
>   ------------------------------
>  *From:* Barnabas K. Sang <bsang at education.go.ke>
> *To:* jwalu at yahoo.com
> *Cc:* KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> *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
>  ------------------------------
> *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
> *Cc:* KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
> *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?
> ______________________
> Mwendwa Kivuva
> twitter.com/lordmwesh
> google ID | Skype ID: lordmwesh
>
>
>  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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