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150 Schools Picked For Coding Syllabus Piloting In a Month’s Time

150 Schools Picked For Coding Syllabus Piloting In a Month's Time

150 Schools Picked For Coding Syllabus Piloting In a Month’s Time

In a month’s time, the implementation of a computer coding curriculum will begin.

The pilot project will include 100 public primary schools and 50 public secondary schools chosen from across the country.

According to the Information and Communication Technology Authority (ICTA), which oversees the Digital Literacy Programme (DLP), more than 1.2 million laptops have been distributed, and electricity and teacher devices have been connected to more than 22,000 learning institutions across the country.

 ICTA Acting Chief Executive Officer Kipronoh Ronoh said that the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD) has approved content that can be used with this infrastructure.

 ICTA will select schools across the country to pilot this curriculum support content with expectation that the program will transform learners’ lives.

Kodris Africa, an education technology firm, is providing the content, which KICD approved last month.

Coding, also known as programming, is the process of converting human intentions into commands that computers can comprehend. 

The curriculum is designed to provide learners with 21st Century skills beginning in elementary school.

Dr. Ronoh stated yesterday during the signing of an MoU with Kodris that Kenya is the region’s leader in digital technology, and that the new curriculum will put local students on an equal footing with those from developed countries.

Two factories that manufacture digital deviceswill be involved  with the approved digital content provided by Kodris Africa.  Dr. Rono states that t his is not only a beneficial initiative, but it is also transformative in nature, and the authority is delighted to collaborate.

Mugumo Munene, CEO of Kodris Africa, stated that the program will help to supplement the infrastructure being built by the government.

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ICTA has provided laptops, tablets, and internet access  to deepen digital literacy and prepare young learners to be digital architects, able to be producers rather than merely consumers or bystanders in this digital age.

He believes that coding content is a valuable addition to education that broadens students’ perspectives.

Kenya will join a group of 48 countries around the world, including the United States, the United Kingdom, Finland, France, and Germany, that have made coding a core component of their curriculum.

Microsoft Africa and Credit Bank partnered with Kodris late last month to promote an e-learning platform for the program.

Computer coding has become a valuable job skill in an increasingly digitalized world.

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The curriculum has an easy-to-use interface, making it simple to teach and learn.

The syllabus, which is delivered to students via an interactive online studio, is also the first interactive coding program to be accredited by Pearson, a global education company.

The MoU was signed just a month after ICT Cabinet Secretary Joe Mucheru unveiled the Kenya National Digital Master Plan 2022-2032, which aims to maximize the ICT sector’s contribution to socioeconomic growth.

150 Schools Picked For Coding Syllabus Piloting In a Month’s Time

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