CS Fred Matiangi engages a Kiambu primary school class 1 pupils on how to use a tablet during the official launch of 150 concept schools roll out of tablets across the country last year.[Photo: The Star]The government has trained 4,000 head teachers countrywide, on the use of tablets to improve learning and teaching in primary schools as part of the Sh8.84 billion Kenya Primary Education Development project sponsored by the Global Partnership for Education. This is aimed at improving the teaching and learning of Mathematics where some six million pupils in class one and two have benefited since the project begun in 2015. It will end in 2019.Schools mostly targeted are those KCPE exam score in 2012 and 2013 were below the average mean of 243 marks, the Star reports.The school heads were also trained on early grade mathematics that improve teaching-learning inputs.A Kenya National Examinations Council ICT official involved in the training Catherine Masila said mastery of mathematics instill confidence in learners.“Students tend to perfume well when they acquire competence in mathematics,” Masila said.The teachers said their schools had improved their performance as the training also exposed the tutors to new teaching methods and instructional materials.The programme also supports distribution of textbooks to schools so as to achieve the 1:1 pupil to textbook ration.

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