[kictanet] Free primary school laptops: Eight varsities eye Sh17bn bid to supply schools with computers

[Mwendwa Kivuva]

Eight local universities are among 25 institutions which have submitted
bids to provide 11,000 public primary schools with computer tablets when
the first phase of the Sh17 billion laptop project takes off next year.

Kenyatta University, University of Nairobi, Multimedia University, Moi
University and Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology are
among the institutions of higher learning that have submitted their bids.

Also eying the project, now rebranded as the Digital Literacy Programme,
are Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Meru University
of Science and Technology and Strathmore Research and Consulting Centre.

The curriculum will be regulated by the Kenya Institute of Curriculum
Development (KICD) and the project is being overseen by the Ministry of
Information Communication and Technology through the ICT Authority.

The laptop project tendering has previously been stalled by procurement
scandals attracting legal battles in courts.

http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Eight-varsities-eye-Sh17bn-bid-to-supply-school-computers/-/539546/2881678/-/g3u3lh/-/index.html
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