Hi all, This is just to thank the forum for the discussion of this matter. I've read quite a lot of discussion of the thing on different fora, and this one has been by far the most informative, and the soberest. Thanks. Daniel Waweru, 26 Hai Phen, Bodoni, Caissa Superiore, Republic of San Serriffe On 23 April 2013 15:16, Gilda Odera <godera@skyweb.co.ke> wrote:
Hi Robert,
Let's meet early next week and discuss offline.
Regards,
Gilda Odera
On Apr 23, 2013, at 2:37 PM, robert yawe <robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
Hi Gilda,
I believe we have exhausted the forum stage and it is time we presented some of this issues to the Jubilee team so that they can start making adjustments to the policy.
So who wants to join the team that will bell the cat?
Regards
Robert Yawe KAY System Technologies Ltd Phoenix House, 6th Floor P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 Kenya
Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696 ------------------------------ *From:* Gilda Odera <godera@skyweb.co.ke> *To:* robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk *Cc:* KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> *Sent:* Tuesday, 23 April 2013, 11:22 *Subject:* Re: [kictanet] Laptops for 2014 class 1 entrants - fears
Bernard's email confirms my thoughts. Within four years in high school he mastered how to use the computers and is now writing software for companies across Africa! Now imagine replicating this with thousands of high school students...in four years this country will be reading amazing stories. And what's more, we will be tackling unemployment issues at the same time to some good extent.
Now, don't get me wrong- I fully support the fact that kids should be given a similar chance. However, my take is that next year it should be piloted to get it right. Instead of giving all the 800,000 primary children laptops, pilot 200,000 and give the rest to high school students. Go through the curve for the primary children to see what challenges lie there. Once addressed, roll out further the following year. Meanwhile, you will be having some thousands of high school students already on the way to maximising their potential.
Regards,
Gilda Odera
On Apr 22, 2013, at 2:57 PM, "Bitange Ndemo" <bitange@jambo.co.ke> wrote:
Bernard, Please watch these two clips.
http://www.ted.com/talks/sugata_mitra_build_a_school_in_the_cloud.html
http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_changing_education_paradigms.html
The current pedagogy is under threat. It is time for a paradigm shift in education.
Ndemo.
Personal experience:
I first saw a computer when I went to FORM 1 at Starehe.
A student named Chris Ochieng joined Starehe a year later. He had grown up with a computer in his father's house and had learnt at his very young age how to write software. He would come into the computer room on Saturday afternoon when we were not allowed to play computer games and all computer games diskettes were stored away. He would write a game for us and we would play the game. From him, we learnt a lot more and got the confidence we needed.
Today both Chris & I write software for some of the leading organizations across Africa.
When I left Starehe, I couldn't afford going to University due to the fees needed (I was sponsored at Starehe) BUT I didn't need to because the knowledge acquired from Starehe gave me a well paying job the afternoon after my last KCSE paper. The rest is history.
If anyone doubts the value having children exposed to computers will have on this Nation, please take it from me, if it was not for computers exposed to me at Form 1, I would have left Form 4 at Starehe, not had fees to proceed to campus and therefore languish in poverty - job seeking forever. NOW, imagine if computers were exposed to me in Std 1..how I wish this was the case!
With the little acquired from this, my company this year celebrates 20yrs of existence as a software company and we employ several university graduates - yet I have never been to a university myself.
Whether Std 1 is the right time or if its Std 4 or Form 1, I wouldn't know but I know the earlier the better.
Give these children the chance, if the President says we can afford it J
Kind Regards,
Bernard Kioko Chief Executive Officer
Bernsoft Interactive Limited
P.O.Box 15177-00100 Nbi,Kenya
Office: +254-703-080-080
Mobile: +254-722-540-883
From: kictanet [mailto:kictanet-bounces+bkioko=bernsoft.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of robert yawe Sent: Monday, April 22, 2013 9:52 AM To: bkioko@bernsoft.com Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions Subject: [kictanet] Laptops for 2014 class 1 entrants - fears
Hi,
I have kept wondering why many people want to delay the introduction of computers to those either in secondary or even university.
I came across this article which explains the fears many of us are having
http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20130422020049-8451-the-tech-indu
stry-s-darkest-secret-it-s-all-about-age
You might also want to watch the following presentation I gave at the University of Nairobi on the issue termed "the professional students dilemma"
Regards
Robert Yawe KAY System Technologies Ltd Phoenix House, 6th Floor P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 Kenya
Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696
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