[kictanet] Laptop project: Pre-bid Conference - who is fooling whom

[Adam Nelson]

One can only wish that they would go further down the Kindle road instead
of laptops.  Kindles are extremely durable, very simple, have multi-week
battery life and are cheaper than laptops ($200).

Plus, they focus on the main problem - access to high quality, ad-free
educational content.

There are still deficiencies like the fact that children can't use a Kindle
for writing, but writing can be done with pen & paper like virtually
everybody else on this list used in primary school.



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On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 3:08 PM, robert yawe <robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> Hi
>
>
> http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate+News/Kindles+replace+textbooks+in+Kisumu+school/-/539550/1958602/-/lmib98z/-/index.html
>
>
> Robert Yawe
> KAY System Technologies Ltd
> Phoenix House, 6th Floor
> P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200
> Kenya
>
>
> Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696
>
>   ------------------------------
>  *From:* Ray Keller <raykeller8 at gmail.com>
> *To:* robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk
> *Cc:* KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> *Sent:* Saturday, 17 August 2013, 20:07
> *Subject:* Re: [kictanet] Laptop project: Pre-bid Conference
>
>
> http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/ktn/video/watch/2000068926/-government-sets-tough-deadlines-for-bidders
>
> This video talks about three points:
> a) Bidders want to extend the timeline: Why would government like to
> extend the timeline? Will they still meet the delivery timeline?
> How many laptops per minute one would manufacture to meet the delivery
> timeline of two months after award of the contract? Do they have existing
> inventory of exactly same specs?
> b) Bidders would like the government to test the solution:
> Is there a specific procedure that government(MOE) will use to test the
> offered solution in real situation before paying so much money? I think
> that it's important to get the laptop, software and content piloted in real
> schools/situation before we spend 14.7 Billion Ksh tax payer money. Why is
> this step skipped? Is it not important?
> I also read an article that government refused to give benefit to the
> youth under this transaction claiming that it's an international tender.
> Members? Thoughts?
> Ray Keller
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 3:12 AM, Grace Githaiga <ggithaiga at hotmail.com>wrote:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHjrghroGiU#at=40
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