More than 250,000 learners and 10,000 teachers from 10 counties are now benefitting from the EIDU digital learning program
EIDU is a digital learning partner that works with governments to provide cost-effective and scalable digital learning solutions in schools.
The EIDU digital learning program has, so far, been implemented in Bungoma, Embu, Kiambu, Kisumu, Machakos, Makueni, Mombasa, Murang’a, Nairobi and Nakuru.
The digital learning program works by providing students and teachers with educational content that aligns with the government’s competency-based curriculum (CBC) through learning devices.
EIDU’s Managing Director Max Dohna during a media roundtable held on Wednesday in Nairobi said the digital learning program has great traction in Kenya
"We aim to support the national and county governments in expanding its reach to all learners across the country,” Dohna said.
The EIDU program allows for individualised learning activities as per the different needs of students.
It also presents engagement and performance data on a dashboard that government officials can use to evaluate the performance of the digital learning program and make informed decisions based on key education metrics.
EIDU aims to support national and county governments to achieve their education goals and implement policies around digital learning.
Kenya has been implementing a digital literacy program targeting primary school children since 2013, and this has seen over 1.2 million mobile devices distributed to schools across the country.
EIDU’s devices are equipped with learning content that adapts to each learner’s pace.
The content is sourced from the world’s best educational material providers, with EIDU ensuring that it aligns with the requirements of CBC, and is approved by the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD).
For a smooth integration of the EIDU program in schools, the county governments, with EIDU’s support, conduct teacher training and leverage digital data monitoring and evaluation tools.
Embu ECDE Director Jeremiah Ireri said the county came into collaboration with EIDU in 2022 to introduce a digital learning program in all public ECDE centres.
"The forum came in to help us with digital assurance, in terms of assessing the learning outcomes of the children in our 399 ECDE centres. This is in addition to supporting the tracking of assessments through daily progress records for both transition purposes and policy making," she said.
Meanwhile, EIDU has, together with various development partners including, among others, the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the German Embassy in Kenya, Save the Children, Google and Jacobs Foundation, mobilized KES2bn funding in support of the digital learning program in Kenya.
