Policy makers have to be visionaries not politicians. From the picture below, I believe the latter played a huge role in this one.
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hii ni upussssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss.angepea form ones.how on earth is this kid going to do with this.this is total madness.ata mtoto hajui kuspell jina yake na anapewa hii mnaita laptop.ingekuwa sec hapo ningekubali kidogo
My dad confirmed my support on this project when he mentioned that if they had laptops/tablets during his childhood then this country would be very far in technology and industry.
Having said that as a parent nothing brings me more joy than a child smile. Where is sossion/opposition who rubbished this project saying the funds should go to teachers. Lack of visionaries blinded by malice.
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I THINK HAPO KWA KUSPELL WATAINCLUDE AUTO-CORRECT
In Kenya, these kids could be coming to school hungry or worse. In my opinion, other welfare programs for these kids would have gone a long way to improve education. Especially in public schools where all âpeasantsâ are.
Then lets all advocate for more welfare, not taking whatâs there and give nothing back. Laptops is a learning tool now like pens, books, stationary etc. It wouldnât make sense to say letâs not get stationary but buy food or letâs leave out pens this year coz we want to build first.
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Itâs good, I suppose.
The laptops/tablets will get more children interested in technology, I hope.
I agree with what @spear said. A country can deal with more than one issue at a time.
Instead of complaining that âthe money should have been used for thatâ, be happy that some progress has been made on one front.
And keep pushing for the rest to be solved.
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saa watoi venye wamepewa laptops wataanza kufukuziwa pesa ya bundles
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Bad idea but then again campaign promises have to be fulfilled .
i feel very happy when a five year old borrows my phone to play candy crushâŚ
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kweli tungenunua bundles kwanzaâŚ([SIZE=1]pass me the hard hat quick![/SIZE])
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No need for hard hat, try defining bundles to a hungry mum in turkana, kwake, makueni, kajiado, tana river etc
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I donât think theyâll need to buy bundles.
I havenât been following this story, but I assume the laptops will come pre-installed with education software.
They should have started with class six onwards. This project however is going to have some interesting ramifications both positive and negative. One is theft of gadgets. If the kids will be taking them home it will be quite risky especially in low income neighbourhoods. If they will leave them in school then break ins.
What will fuel this crime is the fact that there will be breakages and losses. As such a second hand market will arise for the devices out of the need for replacements.
The good effects will be children embracing technology universally rather than as it it today where children of able parents start playing with tablets/computers early while others from not well off backgrounds have never even gotten close to a tv.
On a cost effective basis i would have preffered computer labs plus more hours for kids in these labs then real laptops at a higher level say form one. These ones may have a very basic software that will bore those exposed to real tabs at home soon enough. By the way kids nowadays are very sharp. A few days with a tab na asha jua how to download games
ni nini bro kuniangusha hivi? tutembee miguu tupu kwa sababu watu watatuibia fiatu?
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Its worth the risk since the reward are several generations of tech savvy kids able to compete globally. Asia who are leading in tech, have kids using tablets from pre-school so we are just trying to even and catch up kidogo. The laptops stay in school like in the picture below taken by the same teacher (with his own caption) who taught me in primary a few decades ago. Also my kids used my tablets from pre-school and learned quickly. By class 1 they could use the laptop easily, now i had to install safe internet to limit their exposure as they are exploring and learning too fast. Electricity isnt an issue as this program made gov instal power to all 28,000 primary schools an along the way benefited alot of neighboring homes.
Charging the tablets ready for use by enthusiastic uhuruto babies!
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No, its a good move but for effectiveness ningeiapproach the way av said it if it were up to me. Jubilee were under pressure to implement being a campaign pledge but i believe once the see how well its working then they should roll out fullscale or make necessary ammendments it it doesnt work out well. Viatu lazima tuvae. But appreciate the uniqueness of electronic products in africa in terms of fragibility, security, power supply et al vis a vis viatu. Im raising valid points here objectively
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