[kictanet] Education ministry abandons Uhuru's laptop project

[Harry Delano]

A major policy shift this..! Anyone with any idea on the feasibilities that
went into the shift of gears, or what stakeholder input if any, was
involved that informed this, the new budgetary provisions etcetera etc...

Harry

On Wed, Feb 27, 2019, 09:22 Grace Githaiga via kictanet <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke wrote:

> Listers
>
> Just incase you missed reading this one. KICTANet discussed this
> eventuality a while back. Read on!
>
> The Ministry of Education has now suspended issuance of tablets to Class
> One pupils under the digital literacy programme, opting instead to build
> computer laboratories.
>
>
> Principal Secretary Belio Kipsang has said that each of the 25,000 public
> primary schools will get one computer laboratory.
>
>
> “There has been a policy change in programme from one child-one laptop to
> the construction of computer laboratories for ICT integration,” Dr Kipsang
> told National Assembly’s Education Committee while presenting budgetary
> proposals.
>
>
> https://www.nation.co.ke/news/education/Ministry-abandons-laptop-project/2643604-4997644-10p9jfgz/index.html
>
>
>
> Best regards
>
>
> Githaiga, Grace
>
>
> --
> Grace Githaiga
> Co-Convenor, Kenya ICT Action Network
>
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