Microsoft, Ministry Of Education in Collaboration to Boost Tech in Schools

Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu has stated that the Government will expand its collaboration with Microsoft to integrate digital technology into the educational system.

The Cabinet Secretary stated today at his Ministry of Education Jogoo ‘B’ headquarters that the Ministry will outline all areas of engagement with the company in order to create an unrestricted digital space for young people.

“The Government wants to establish internet connectivity in counties, sub-counties, and eventually all over the country in order to open space for online jobs for our youth,” the CS said.

The CS who was speaking during a courtesy visit by a team from Microsoft corporation stated that the nation is establishing an open university, digital labs, and integrated systems for books and that such gestures from digital enterprises will support government objectives.

The CS instructed the ministry officials to expedite the partnership’s implementation and suggested that they adhere to any existing memorandums of agreement and create new ones if necessary.

Microsoft’s Corporate Director for Education in Africa, Ms. Angela Ng’ang’a, remarked during the event that the company has numerous avenues for partnership with the Ministry of Education.

“We are not new to the ministry, we have worked closely with the Ministry before; we can only increase our areas of partnership,” Ng’ang’a said.

She mentioned the Teachers Service Commission (TSC), Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD), Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC), and Competence Based Curriculum (CBC) as some of the beneficiaries of the partnership and claimed they had successfully collaborated with a number of organizations under the Ministry of Education in areas of digitization and automation.