Westlands MP-TIM WANYONYI Trains Teachers to DELIVER DIGITAL CURRICULUM

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18 teachers from 9 primary schools in Westlands Constituency have this morning Monday, April 11, 2016 began a 5 day digital literacy training at Kabete Vet Lab Primary School courtesy of the Westlands MP, Hon Tim Wanyonyi.

The training being undertaken by Computer Pride Limited aims at updating the computer skills of the teachers for effective delivery of the digital curriculum in their institutions which received fully fledged computer labs from Hon Tim Wanyonyi last year (2015).

Hon Wanyonyi has said that focus must at this juncture shift from the computers to the content.

It shall be remembered Hon Wanyonyi has established fully functional computer labaratories in 9 primary schools in the first phase of installation.

Each computer lab consists of 40 networked computers, virtual machine technology and broadband internet access. The labs are expected to serve as resource hubs for the more than 10,000 pupils.

The following schools have each received a fully furnished computer lab consisting of 40 computers each in the first phase of the program:

  1. Kangemi Primary School;
  2. North Highridge Primary School;
  3. Visa Oshwal Primary School;
  4. Hospital Hill Primary School;
  5. Kabete Vet Lab Primary School;
  6. New Kihumbuini Primary School;
  7. Loresho Primary School;
  8. Lower Kabete Primary School;
  9. Cheleta Primary School.
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