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<body>Listers<br><br>Just incase you missed reading this one. KICTANet discussed this eventuality a while back. Read on!<br><br><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">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.</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></p><br><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Principal Secretary Belio Kipsang has said that each of the 25,000 public primary schools will get one computer laboratory.</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></p><br><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">“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.</p><br><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></p>https://www.nation.co.ke/news/education/Ministry-abandons-laptop-project/2643604-4997644-10p9jfgz/index.html<br><br><br><br>Best regards<br><br><br>Githaiga, Grace<br><br><br><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">--<br>Grace Githaiga<br>Co-Convenor, Kenya ICT Action Network</p><br></body></html>