Some of the Homa Bay Primary school pupils who received tablets being piloted in the Jubilee Government laptop for schools project. [Photo: the-star.co.ke]
Private primary schools have been added to the digital literacy programme.
The Government launched the programme to offer tablets, projectors and content point gadgets to primary school pupils last year.
Information Communication and Technology (ICT) Cabinet Secretary Joe Mucheru said 7,238 public primary schools in 21 counties have already been supplied with laptops.
"The Government's mandate is to ensure every Kenyan child receives quality education that equips them with the 21st-century skills including digital literacy. This positive development is commitment both nationally and internationally made by Kenya government to transform our country into knowledge-based society and economy," Mucheru said, as quoted by The Standard.
He was speaking during the launch of Taifa Elimu Tablet project in Nairobi on Wednesday.
Mucheru said Kenya Private School Association and Jomo Kenyatta University of Science and Technology (JKUAT) had partnered to ensure private institutions also benefit from the laptops project.
The CS said 329,000 tablets for pupils and teachers assembled by JKUAT were delivered to schools in 21 counties.
"The Government is impressed by institutions of higher learning which have demonstrated that they have human-technological expertise by offering an ICT solution that delivers in key development areas," Mucheru added.