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<FONT SIZE="4"><FONT FACE="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'>Hi Evans<BR>
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The initiative is part of the global Schools Technology Innovation Centre (STIC). IT is seeking to promote and support innovative use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in the education space. In Kenya we have called it Curriculum Innovation Centre (CIC), and will be housed at KIE.<BR>
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The CIC’s mission is to help teachers to use ICT effectively across all subject areas, to improve the quality of education in Kenya. By doing this, we hope that the performance of learners will be improved and that they will leave school with the 21st century skills they require to study further, find meaningful employment and support the economic growth in their country.<BR>
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We will work with various partners, all of whom contribute critical components for effective ICT integration for the STIC programme, whether it be hardware, software, teacher professional development, technical services, digital content, connectivity and so on. Through this showcase, we will be able to offer teachers, principals and education leaders an opportunity to experience different technologies and education solutions, as well as capacity building opportunities on integrating ICT into teaching and learning. The CIC will also conduct pilots to test and evaluate innovative education solutions and assess their relevance and scalability for the East Africa, and specifically Kenya, context.<BR>
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Please get in touch with me or Mr John Kimotho as Andrew Gakiria has suggested, for more info.<BR>
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Thanks<BR>
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Suraj<BR>
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On 5/2/12 9:04 AM, "Evans Ikua" <ikua.evans@gmail.com> wrote:<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT></FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT SIZE="4"><FONT FACE="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'>Dear Listers,<BR>
I recently read in the local press that there is a partnership formed between KIE, Intel and Microsoft. Is there anyone on this list from KIE who can shed some light on this partnership and where we can get the details of the same?<BR>
Regards,<BR>
Evans<BR>
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