<div dir="ltr">Personally, I believe it is more important to get the fundamentals of reading, writing and arithmetic down. If there is a small computer lab, that is fine. But until every child in Kenya has a free secondary school education, I argue that this is an example of misplaced priorities. </div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Apr 13, 2013 at 3:13 PM, Grace Githaiga <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ggithaiga@hotmail.com" target="_blank">ggithaiga@hotmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<font>IN SUMMARY</font></p><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><ul style="margin-right:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-left:0px;line-height:1.5em"><li style="margin:0px 0px 0px 1.5em;padding:0px;line-height:1.5em">
<font>Critics say the idea is noble but many schools lack basics and laptops are a mere luxury</font></li><li style="margin:0px 0px 0px 1.5em;padding:0px;line-height:1.5em"><font>Report shows that as high as 90 per cent of teachers are computer illiterate; who will aid pupils?</font></li>
</ul></div><a href="http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Opinion-split-on-whether-laptops-are-a-priority-in-schools/-/1056/1747588/-/item/1/-/sxhoh3/-/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Opinion-split-on-whether-laptops-are-a-priority-in-schools/-/1056/1747588/-/item/1/-/sxhoh3/-/index.html</a> </div>
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