#Connected2016: The Leaner Digital Devices and Teacher Digital Devices finally launched at the eight connected Summit

Kenya’s Ministry of ICT has today at the eighth connected summit, launched the Learners Digital Devices (LDD) and Teachers Digital Devices (TDD) that are set to drive the laptop project for primary schools dubbed as #DigiSchools.

The LDD laptops will come pre-loaded with class one digital content and the government seeks to have the class two and three content pre-loaded in the coming days. The Government looks at receiving 11,000 of the devices in two weeks’ time and looks at having a total of 1.5 million devices for the public primary schools as the project progresses. The project which is supposed to be completed by March 2017.

“This development is for everybody and is the foot print of our country to forge ahead. We expect to to see more results this year in terms of learner and teacher engagement. In 8 years to come, the children will solve their problems much easier and will encourage innovations

In terms of design, the LDD will come in a luminous green colour and will as well have the Kenyan flag colours run at the back and will as well have a serial number for tracking the devices. The TDD on the other hand will come in luminous blue colour with similar the Kenyan flag colors at the back and a serial number for tracking the devices.

The CS also pointed out that they were working towards making the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD) to become a content regulator to ensure the digital content is not tampered with. He also stated that operators will provide broadband for the 22000 schools that are set to benefit from the DigiSchool Initiative.

The Ministry of Education will regulate on how the learner and teacher devices will be managed. So far, close to 60000 teachers have been trained on Digital Literacy while close to 20,000 schools have been connected to the National Grid. The project also looks into training 93,000 teachers by June 2016. By June 2017, 124,000 teachers are expected to have been trained on digital literacy.

The CS also pointed out that the laptops were assembled locally by a local university.

The DigiSchool programme is being managed from three levels of administration which are oversight, inter-ministerial and a technical implementation committee. A secretariat oversees the day to day running of the programme.

The lead agencies are Ministry of ICT, Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, The ICT Authority, Ministry of Industrialisation and Enterprise development, The Attorney General and the National Treasury. Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development and Rural Electrification Authority are also part of the team. Private players like Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT), Kenya Primary School Heads Association (KEPSHA) also are part of the technical team.
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