Hey Listers, Quite an interesting read.. The more, the reason why Broadband, across the country is a matter of urgency... However, what would this portend - especially, perhaps for Educational Material/curriculum Publishers, who may lose a market share in the education sector.. On the flipside, it would help in the efforts towards Content Digitalization, Green ICT and Bridging the Digital divide.. Again, this topic came up on this forum a while back. Just how "multistakeholder" this initiative is going to be undertaken will greatly impact it's success.. Your thoughts please.. Harry http://www.kbc.co.ke/story.asp?ID=62933 Govt to implement ICT in learning institutions Written By:Carol Gakii/KNA , Posted: Tue, Mar 23, 2010 The government plans to make the entire education sector Information Communication Technology compliant. To this end the government will introduce an increased range of information and communication technologies and e-learning facilities in learning institutions countrywide. Addressing the press at a Nairobi hotel Tuesday Education Minister Prof Sam Ongeri said the ministry was working with the Kenya Institute of Education (KIE) to develop a digital curriculum programme for public schools. "The ministry, through the Kenya Institute of Education (KIE) has embarked on the digitalization of various curricula and curriculum support materials in efforts to enhance accelerated learning," Ongeri said. He said Kenya was lagging behind in ICT compliance but the ministry has started implementing plans to acquire modern technology. Prof Ongeri said that by beefing up ICT knowledge in all institutions of learning, the ministry will be playing a key role in the realization of vision 2030. So far 2,000 out of the 25,000 public schools in the country have been equipped with ICT knowledge. A regional E-learning conference will be held later this month at the KIE. The regional conference, the first of its nature is expected to attract over 1,500 participants from the Eastern and Central African region. "The use of ICTs enables development objectives which improves communication and exchange of information to strengthen and enhance the learners' acquisition of necessary skills for operating effectively," Ongeri said. He added that with the adoption of e-learning, science subjects will be taught with minimum recurrent cost. Ongeri said the government would provide alternative power sources such as solar, wind and power batteries to enable students from lower social-economic backgrounds have easy access to E-learning.