By Benedict Ngetich
The Kericho County Library has received a donation of 40 Kio Kit Schools’ Technology providers to enable rural learner’s access modern technology.
The county Librarian Rose Kendagor who was accompanied by her Deputy Florence Cherono Chirchir thanked the donors, Book Aid International for choosing the facility as one of the beneficiaries.
She said the kits will go a long way in assisting pupils both in the urban and rural set-ups of the county who have not yet been connected digitally.
The Kio Kit which is portable will help turn any classroom into a digital class within minutes, she said, adding the kit was an equalizer in terms of availability of internet.
During the presentation at the library grounds in Kericho Town, it was noted that there were many rural schools with no access to the internet, hardly any text books or teaching materials and experiencing a severe shortage of teachers.
Kendagor said they were excited by the Kio Kit since it comes with wireless charging and was lockable, and in case a tablet is taken away from it, the inbuilt firmware prevent flashing of its operating system. The Deputy Librarian said some of the students have to walk 20-30 kilometers just to get to class.
The participants heard that the Kio Kit was intended to narrow the huge educational gap that exists between schools that have access to books, internet and general access to learning content and those that don’t. The Chief Guest who is the Chairman of the Kericho County Public Service Board David Siele said that there were numerous challenges facing education in the country.
He said ways and means should be formulated to enable schools in poorly endowed regions to access content.
