<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><p dir="ltr" style="font-size: 12.8px;" class="">Listers,</p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size: 12.8px;" class="">Some of you may be aware that the<span style="font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""> Kenya Institute for Curriculum (KICD), has embarked on curriculum reforms for basic and teacher education. (View the curriculum development cycle </span><a href="http://www.kicd.ac.ke/images/corpcomm/currdevcycle.pdf" style="text-decoration: none;" class=""><span style="font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">here</span></a><span style="font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""> [PDF]).</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size: 12.8px;" class=""><span style="font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">KICD is currently conducting a </span><span style="font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">national needs assessment study</span><span style="font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""> whose findings will inform the reform process. KICD is thus calling for a submission of memoranda from the public.</span></p><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">In response, the </span><a href="http://ed10.co/about/" style="text-decoration:none;" class=""><span style="font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">ED10 Consortium</span></a><span style="font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""> has created <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UiiRxzudjqcKJQ82Q-hWZZlmrlGeSMe1a0ik-PJm0w4/edit?usp=sharing" class="">this document</a> to crowdsource input and we will in turn organize your views and submit them as a joint memorandum for consideration by KICD.</span></div><p dir="ltr" style="font-size: 12.8px;" class="">We are also hosting a <b class="">thinkathon</b> (consultative meeting) this <span class="" tabindex="0" style="font-weight: bold;">Sunday, 7th February 2016 </span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: small;" class="">at iHub from </span><span class="" tabindex="0" style="font-size: small;"><b class="">2pm-4pm</b>.<b class=""> </b>You may r</span>egister for the event <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ed10-thinkathon-kenya-education-curriculum-review-tickets-21252524874" class="">here</a>. <span style="font-size: 12.8px;" class="">We hope to use this thinkathon to build consensus on issues and ideas raised at the meeting and on the document.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size: 12.8px;" class="">I’m curious: what submissions can the tech industry contribute to this process?</p><p style="font-size: 12.8px;" class=""></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size: 12.8px;" class="">Kind Regards,</p><div class="">
<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: garamond, serif; font-size: large; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">Simeon Oriko | Digital and Innovation Strategist</span><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;" class=""><div class=""><font face="garamond, serif" color="#666666" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font color="#666666" class=""><font face="garamond, serif" class="">Web: <a href="http://www.mtotowajirani.com/" target="_blank" class="">www.mtotowajirani.com</a> | Twitter: </font><a href="https://twitter.com/simeonoriko" target="_blank" style="font-family: garamond, serif;" class="">@SimeonOriko</a></font></div><div class=""><font face="garamond, serif" color="#666666" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="garamond, serif" color="#666666" class="">LinkedIn: <a href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/simeonoriko" target="_blank" class="">ke.linkedin.com/in/simeonoriko</a></font></div><div class=""><font face="garamond, serif" color="#666666" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font color="#666666" class=""><span style="font-family: garamond, serif;" class="">Cell: </span><span style="font-family: garamond, serif;" class="">+254 724 892 941 | S</span><span style="font-family: garamond, serif;" class="">kype: simeonoriko</span></font></div></div></div></div>
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