ICT CS ANNOUNCES FOUR SUBJECTS TO BE TAUGHT ONLINE IN SCHOOLS
ICT Cabinet Secretary Joe Mucheru on Wednesday announced that the government is pushing schools to teach four subjects online. However the CS did not name the subjects to be considered for the project
He further said plans are underway to pilot the programme during the coronavirus period and adopt it after the pandemic.
The CS was appearing before the Senate ICT committee to answer questions about the digital literacy programme (DLP) and broadband to school project.
Mucheru stated that the government is planning to provide schoolchildren with customized devices to aid in digital learning.
The DLP project will cost the government Sh15 channeled to 1,000 public schools which have been selected for the project.
The funds will be used to lay infrastructure such as linking public primary schools to the internet, build ICT laboratories, connect electricity, buy tablets for learners and train teachers under the Digital Learning Project.
The project which is funded by UNICEF is scheduled to begin in October 2020.
In this piloting phase the state is targeting 24,000 public schools to link them to the internet
The e-learning project will ensure children from low-income households who mostly attend public schools learn how to use computers and the internet from an early age.