<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">Dear listers<br><br>I really admired the Wezesha initiative from Orange TKL. The program enabled university students to own laptops and therefore enhanced education in the universities. I think the same idea can be used in secondary and primary schools and may require proper monitoring due to the diverse nature of the contents in the internet. <br><br>--- On <b>Mon, 9/17/12, Ali Hussein <i><ali@hussein.me.ke></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><br>From: Ali Hussein <ali@hussein.me.ke><br>Subject: [kictanet] The State Of Internet Access In Our Schools & Kenya’s Global Ranking In A Hyper-Connected World<br>To: memakunat@yahoo.com<br>Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke><br>Date: Monday, September 17, 2012, 7:55
PM<br><br><div id="yiv1805332542"><div><div></div><div><p style="border-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; outline-width: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Listers</p><p style="border-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; outline-width: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Last week I visited a school run by an NGO called New Dawn Kenya <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.newdawnkenya.com/">www.newdawnkenya.com</a>. The school is in an informal settlement in the affluent Runda residential area. The appetite for education and knowledge among the students was a thing of beauty to see. These are extremely disadvantaged young people with an insatiable thirst for knowledge.</p><p style="border-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; outline-width: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">What
struck home for me was that the majority of them had never accessed information on the Internet. This issue is an emotional one for me. As a hyper-connected Kenyan I have always taken for granted access to the Internet for the last few years. Over the last few years Internet usage and penetration levels have increased phenomenally.</p><p style="border-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; outline-width: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Read on: </p><p style="border-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; outline-width: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://alyhussein.com/2012/09/the-state-of-internet-access-in-our-schools-kenyas-global-ranking-in-a-hyper-connected-world/"><font class="yiv1805332542Apple-style-span"
color="#000000">http://alyhussein.com/2012/09/the-state-of-internet-access-in-our-schools-kenyas-global-ranking-in-a-hyper-connected-world/</font></a></p><br><div>Ali Hussein</div><div><span class="yiv1805332542Apple-style-span" style=""><br></span></div><div><span class="yiv1805332542Apple-style-span" style="">+254 773/713 601113</span></div><div><br></div>Sent from my iPad</div></div></div><br>-----Inline Attachment Follows-----<br><br><div class="plainMail">_______________________________________________<br>kictanet mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" href="/mc/compose?to=kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><br><a href="https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet" target="_blank">https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet</a><br><br>Unsubscribe or change your options at <a href="https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/memakunat%40yahoo.com"
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