Excellent points Kagwe and Ebele. Kagwe, I remember the last time Safaricom tried to give Internet services to the community, they did not contribute to the USF kitty with the argument that they have already used their allocation to serve the people. We should be careful to know exactly what these companies want in return. On the other hand, I don't see schools paying for Internet services either way. We struggle with basic bills like water and electricity. And internet know should be regarded as a basic commodity too. Ebele, the government has taken initiative to train teachers on best practices on use of ICT tools. If there is anyone with the curriculum, it wold be great to share with the community. And the issue of child online safety should be tackled better by the implementing consortium. The safety mechanisms should start with the devices themselves. That should be part of the strategy of Moi University and JKUAT who won the initial phase. Regards On 17/02/2016, James Kagwe via kictanet <[email protected]> wrote:
I might be wrong but there is this adage 'there is no free lunch'. What are the terms and conditions for the service offering by Airtel. And as someone else asks did the government negotiate with other providers for the same service. Something is smelling bad somewhere.
Rgds, James
On Wed, Feb 17, 2016, 12:45 PM Ebele Okobi via kictanet < [email protected]> wrote:
I hope that free Internet in primary schools is accompanied with comprehensive online safety training for all of those schools, including teachers and materials for parents. I know Safaricom has a policy team that cares very much about this issue-access without guidance for primary learners is not ideal.
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On Feb 15, 2016, at 12:58 PM, Ali Hussein via kictanet < [email protected]> wrote:
Phyllis
Thanks for sharing.
A very big step in the right direction!!
Indeed the presence of a number of CSs belies the importance that this project is getting from the government.
Kudos to the former CS of ICT, Dr. Matiang’i for midwifing the process and to CS Mucheru for picking up the baton without missing the step.
Now the rubber meets the road and the private sector needs to play its part.
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On Feb 15, 2016, at 3:41 PM, Phyllis Nyambura via kictanet < [email protected]> wrote:
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.
Among the key points were-:
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
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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.
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