This archive report was first published on 10 July 2019.
July 10, 2019 - Uhuru Gardens Primary School has been recognized as a model institution for ICT integration in education, following a benchmarking mission led by the Kenya Private Schools Association (KPSA) and Atlancis Technologies.
The mission, which brought together over 300 directors of private primary schools from Nairobi County, aimed to give the group a glimpse of what an ideal ICT integrated classroom setup should look like.
According to Robert Motari, a teacher at the school, the institution boasts two computer labs complete with a server room, smart boards, projectors, and computer hardware fully fitted with interactive digital learning content based on the new Competency Based Curriculum.
"Our labs can seat a total of 50 students at any given time," Motari said, adding that it was a great honor for his school to have been identified as the ideal model school for digital literacy.
The computer labs were constructed and fully equipped using a grant from the Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), with the interactive digital learning content christened iLearn developed and installed by Kenyan ICT firm, Atlancis Technologies.
Ms. Rosebella Ojiambo, Chairlady KPSA Nairobi, welcomed partnerships between players in the education sector and IT companies, saying it was essential to have software in place, in the form of KICD-approved interactive digital learning content, to complement existing computer hardware.
