Dear all,
Today,(15th Feb) a press briefing was held at the Ministry of ICT offices, to update on the implementation of the Digital Literacy Programme (DLP). The briefing was attended by CS, MOICT, Joe Mucheru, CS Energy & Petroleum, Charles Keter, CS Education, Dr Fred Matiangi, and PS Energy, Eng. Joseph Njoroge, PS Petroleum, Andrew Kamau, PS ICT and Innovation, Ag CEO, ICTA, Robert Mugo,CEO, KICD, Dr Julius Jwan among others.
1) Successful bidders who proceed to POC are the consortium of Moi University and JP Couto, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology and Positivo BGH. Moi University will cover 26 counties, while Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture & Technology will cover 21 counties.
2) The commencement of the Proof of Concept (POC) starts on 22nd February 2016.
3) Free internet will be offered to all public primary schools by Safaricom
4) Interactive Digital Content from KICD is available on http://kicdinteractivecontent.ac.ke/
5) The Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD), is working towards liberalization of learning content and it’s availability on multiple platforms. This is a huge opportunity for the estimated 13 billion content industry which will build applications and independent content in e-learning.
5) The Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD), is working towards liberalization of learning content and it’s availability on multiple platforms. This is a huge opportunity for the estimated 13 billion content industry which will build applications and independent content in e-learning.
Kind Regards,
Phyllis Nyambura
Communication
The ICT Authority
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