Up to two-thirds of public sector students now have access to technology as part of their learning

This is according to a research conducted by Oxford University Press East Africa in May this year that saw 363 secondary school students around Kenya complete a standard spelling test.

The survey also found that 36 per cent of the form 2 students had access to a smartphone, 12 per cent to a computer, and another 13 per cent to both a smartphone and a computer.

“The priority given to education by Kenyan parents comes through powerfully in our research, said John Mwazemba, General Manager of Oxford University Press East Africa. “It is a testament to Kenyans’ commitment to education to see four-fifths of school students reporting that they have a dictionary at home, and scoring A grades.”

Oxford University Press East Africa today published the results of spelling tests as Kenyan students fly to South Africa to compete in the first ever African Spelling Bee final and shortly after the launch of the 9^th edition of the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary (OALD).

Three students, AbigaelSimiyu, Paul Mwangi and Elma Wanjiku, will represent Kenya, after winning the Kenyan Spelling Bee earlier this year in Johannesburg, South Africa, on July16^th.