After a protracted implementation process, the Kenyan government has finally started issuing free laptops to primary school pupils in its efforts to integrate Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in the school curriculum.

This past April, the Kenyan government kicked off the Proof of Concept program in which 150 primary schools are expected to act as a test bed in readiness for the implementation of the full Digital Literacy Program in all public primary schools.

 “What is positive about delivering to the four schools (initial four of the 150 pilot schools) is that we will have an opportunity to interact with the schools and note any impediments, rectify it and perfect our efficiency as we look into completing all Proof of Concept schools and also rolling out to 22,000 schools,” Kenya’s acting CEO of the ICT Authority and the Digischool technical committee, Robert Mugo, said in a statement to the local media.

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