I totally agree with Walu.

 

Something must be changed in our education system to allow for creativity and ‘hunger’ for additional knowledge in addition to ‘drilling’ the youth to pass exams.

 

Rad has said that Kenya is leading in Africa on the use of Facebook! The question is – what information is being exchanged? Are the youth (graduates) aware that Facebook has other useful content in addition to socialization?  Hmmm

 

 

From: kictanet-bounces+emuchiri=andestbites.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke [mailto:kictanet-bounces+emuchiri=andestbites.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of Walubengo J
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i agree. its not awareness...i remember pushing another similar challenge from Microsoft, "Imagine Cup 2009" at Multimedia University. It got a serious mute response...i think our students from primary school are drilled to focus on and pass exams....anything that has little or no impact on their exam tends to be neglected. We seem to have failed to cultivate a culture of intellectual "activism" in our education system. When I was growing up we used to have something called "science-congress" where all high-schools would compete from district, provincial and finally national level to show-case their innovations. Not quite sure if this still happens... walu. --- On Tue, 11/17/09, Rad! <conradakunga@gmail.com> wrote: From: Rad! <conradakunga@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Africa's Absence From The Table To: jwalu@yahoo.com Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> Date: Tuesday, November 17, 2009, 11:43 AM I do not believe awareness is an issue. I recall reading some statistics some time back to the effect that Kenya is one of the heaviest facebook users in Africa. It is the same internet. Why are we unable to capitalize on it? The challange has been in the public domain for years! On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 10:29 AM, waudo siganga <emailsignet@mailcan.com> wrote: Hi Rad! Is the awareness of such opportunities done? Maybe one needs to raise the alert before rather than after the horse bolts!?   Kind Regards, Waudo   -----Inline Attachment Follows----- _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet This message was sent to: jwalu@yahoo.com Unsubscribe or change your options at http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/jwalu%40yahoo.com

 

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