Internet hubs boost education in Kenya

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Publish date 25 September 2013
Issue Number 1503
Diary Legalbrief eLaw

Eighteen digital hubs have been launched for Kenyan primary schools, allowing pupils access to computers and the Internet.

BBC News reports that the project is funded by the British Council and Microsoft, and they are intended to serve more than 100 schools. Frenny Jowi says a hub she visited in Nairobi had 21 computers. 'Given the numbers, they seem like a drop in the ocean, but the scheme is a significant step for Kenya's state education sector,' she is quoted in the report as saying. The hub at the Kilimani School in Nairobi will be serving five schools altogether, illustrating the importance of such a development, the report states. Full BBC News report