TRANSFORMING AFRICA’S EDUCATION THROUGH ICT By: Ronoh Kipronoh P . THE DIGITAL LITERACY –KENYA CASE -TRUE STORY DIRECTOR , ICTA email: digischool@ict.go.ke 5/9/17 | Digital Literacy Programme For Schools | 1 communications@ict.go.ke
The Content • Programme Concept/scope • Prime Achievements • Implementation Approaches and Power of Internet • Key Learning and Experience 5/9/17 | Digital Literacy Programme For Schools | 2
Business Objective Digital Literacy 2030 • Quality Content and accessibility • Skilled Teachers • Better Learning facility Smart • 21 st Century Learners Schools Technology learner • Relevant R&D • Device Construction/Local Assembly Smart • Application & Content Development Industry Technology designer • 10%-30 % of GDP in • Everyone uses technology • 10% produce technology Smart • 20% in technology sales & services Society Technology ‘farmer’ 5/9/17 | Digital Literacy Programme For Schools | 3
Programme Scope • Integration of ICT in education in Kenya covering 24000 public primary schools with over 1.2 million digital devices • Power connectivity to 24000 Schools • Distribution of Digital Content to Schools • Training of over 300,000 teachers-Continous • Provision of Technical support to the Programme • Set up of two assembly plants for electronic devices • Employment creation of over 300,000 jobs –D/indirect • Stakeholders engagement 5/9/17 | Digital Literacy Programme For Schools | 4
Digital Content ACHIEVEMENTS IN s Ready for Class 1 , 2 and 3 1 YEAR s Schools installed , Schools targeted 24000 Over 14000 Teachers Trained À In 11000 schools [over100,000] Schools Ready with power , desks Assembly plant at JKUAT Å OVER 22000 Classroom with digital devices Support center 5/9/17 | Digital Literacy Programme For Schools | 5
Four Attempts • Ist attempt – Funding not enough-Poor planning • 2 nd attempt- One bidder for Multi-Billion –Court Case • 3 rd Attempt – Complexity to the Programme to MED— • 4 th Attempt– All stakeholders engaged –It Took off 5/9/17 | Digital Literacy Programme For Schools | 6
‘Prime’ Preparation Prime Planning-Budget- • stop over preparing Prime Leadership • Prime Engagement • Lorry is stuck team confirming the Prime ‘Risk’ and • Ground Mitigation Prime M&E • Wading with devices Prime Policies • Inter- Ministerial Project Project Technical Steering implement Te Te Te T Te Tea Tea Committee ation and a am am e a m m Mai De De Ide D - Dev Chaired by Monitoring m Le Le a m Lea Lea n vel ve ntif e Adv elo Cs - MOICT Committee Le ad ad m Le der der Rol op lo y v isor p & Chair- CEO ad er er Le ad Log Par es : & p sta e on imp H.E CHECKING ON THE PROGRAMME ICTA er Te Te a er isti tne Dev im an keh lo acq lem C ac ch d B cs rshi elo pl d old p uisi ent 5/9/17 | Digital Literacy Programme For Schools | 7 o he nol er us & p p em ad ers & tio pla nt r og C in Co &As Digi en vic Dev a n ns National e Ca y o es ntr sem tal t e elo d and for
The Power of Internet in Deployment of DLP -Management 1400 1200 1. Portal for all the • 1000 800 schools-Open data- 600 E-readiness 400 assessment 200 0 2. Portal for • Bomet Homa Bay Kisumu Makueni Narok Tana River Vihiga Garissa Isiolo Wajir Nairobi Kajiado Communication/Co ordination-Project teams Total Schools Installed Schools • 3. Portal for Stakeholder Updates 4. Portal for Citizen • 5/9/17 | Digital Literacy Programme For Schools | 8
Power of internet Digital Content distribution 1. Access to content is independent of the device being used 2. Variety of content 3. Government enhance controlled and access to content 4. Universality of content Educational platform 5. Interactive content System Portal 6. Create Training and awareness 5/9/17 | Digital Literacy Programme For Schools | 9
Power of Internet in Deployment of Digital content Grey cloud Green Cloud 1. Internet used to distribute content to Learners Authorize Approved Access to content and Evaluate d Digital C o n t e n t 2. Devices deployed with Content Digital Content S u b m i t t e d Content and offline content b y Submitted Return for Review suppleme D e v e l o p e r 3. Learners to login to KICD GREEN CLOUD Cloud to update content 4. Content industry is US Submission Return 13 Billion not yet Of content for review exploited Access Download Digital Content Developers Fees to KICD 5. Content developers login to cloud infr and submit their content Users of Digital Content (schools) 6. Payment module incorporated Payment Gateway 7. Liberalization of content development Payment 5/9/17 | Digital Literacy Programme For Schools | 10
Challenges/Experience Usage and access to • internet stuff-Religious groups? • Change of roles – Teacher/Learner ? Who is faster? Teacher training • Power to schools? Huge cost? Sustainability? Learner showing teacher how • Schools infrastructure – Some of the To use device classrooms?/desks? Men Transport devices infrastructure Donkeys Transport devices The changing digital • content? Stakeholder buy in? who • Devices acrossing aRiver to involved? What stage? Tana with Crocodiles Policies/regulations? • Required? Tone at the • top?leadership? Which sector to lead • implementing team? ICT/Education? 5/9/17 | Digital Literacy Programme For Schools | 11
The Proof is in Kenya • Trues Stories about ICT in Education • Real Issues…. Challenges and Experience • What you cannot get in books and Wikipedia’’ “BUT IT WORKS IN KENYA HERE IN AFRICA”? China took this initiative years back and 5/9/17 | Digital Literacy Programme For Schools | 12
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Thanks & Bye! Bye!! AFRICAN CHILD NEEDS YOUR SUPPORT !! 5/9/17 | Digital Literacy Programme For Schools | 14
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