Ten thousand children in 200 schools across the country have so far been enrolled to an interactive digital content platform.
Dr. Martina Amoth, who is director of education at Avallain which is developing the content, said the project is aimed at supplementing the government’s efforts to promote digital content at the primary school level.
She said in a statement yesterday that public schools and non-formal schools in urban and slum-based areas are target beneficiaries of the project dubbed a-Academy.
She said the programe has so far seen the production of Science and English for primary school children. Learners are required to log in onto a provided online platform and access the digital content for free.
The project is financed by Avallain, however development of additional subjects is financed through donations collected through the campaign “” The platform will provide quality content through the use of technology in education to children in Kenya and beyond.
“Even though we are making the progress we need, we are not able to reach the scale we desire. We need funds to develop content for all the subjects in the curriculum” added Dr. Amoth.
She said an impact study carried out by Avallain has proven that there has been a transformation in learning outcomes. “Children are learning better and teachers are reporting that pupils are developing more skills,” she said.
The
project coincides with the Sh 17 billion shillings primary school
laptop project, one of the key promises of Jubilee leaders during
campaigns.
Last week, eight firms submitted proposals for the tender to the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Authority.
The agency is spearheading the process.
They include University of Nairobi, Moi University, Kenyatta University, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT), Dedan Kimathi and Meru University.
Others are Lenovo East Africa Ltd, Hewlet Packard East Africa Ltd (HP), Smoothel and Data Solutions and Symphony Technologies.