Intel Corporation to Help Kenyan Teachers Bring Technology to the Classroom
 The push to integrate the computer as a teaching tool is set to become a reality soon in Kenya as Intel Corporation – the world’s leading computer chip maker – launches a technology-based programme that will significantly improve teaching in schools.
Intel has trained an initial group of 25 teachers, selected from both primary and secondary schools. Trainers have also been selected from teacher-training colleges (TTCs), the Kenya Education Staff Institute (KESI), the Kenya Institute of Education (KIE) and the Centre for Maths, Science and Technology Education in Africa (CEMASTEA). They will be responsible for sharing their new skills with other teachers.
Intel hopes that the programme will improve the interaction between teachers and students in the classrooms. The Intel Teach Program worldwide has provided training sessions to more than 6 million teachers in more than 40 countries and hopes to reach 13 million teachers by 2011.
“Intel wants to extend the reach and impact of teachers. We believe this initiative will change the way teachers plan and execute their class lessons in a profound way,” says Andre Christian, Intel Education Manager in charge of sub-Saharan Africa and South Africa.
In Africa alone, the Intel Teach Program has been extremely successful in South Africa, Nigeria and Egypt. Teachers have been able to adapt their curricula to eLearning and help improve the academic performance of students.
“The Intel Teach Program has made a huge difference to my students. I now easily use computers in the classroom and my students are now, more than ever before, enthusiastic to learn. I have also seen a dramatic improvement in their academic results’,’ says Florence Mudanya of Kamiti Secondary School, which is part of Intel’s pilot project on 1:1 eLearning Solution in Kenya.
Intel Teach Program
The Intel Teach Program is part of a worldwide effort to help educators integrate computers and the Internet into teaching that enhances learning. It is part of the Intel Education Initiative aimed at building students’ learning abilities through quality teaching. Based on research and developed by teachers with expertise in curriculum development for teachers, the Intel Teach Program is provided at no cost to elementary and second school teachers throughout the world. More than 6 million teachers have been trained globally and Intel hopes to train an additional 10 million teachers worldwide by 2011 and their 1 billion students. Over the past decade, Intel has invested more than $ 1 billion in cash and in-kind contributions to help teachers teach, students learn and universities innovate – particularly in the areas of maths, science and technology. For more information, please visit: www.intel.com/education
The Intel Teach Program uses a “train the trainer” model to provide both face-to-face and online instruction to help teachers integrate technology into their classrooms. Teachers create lesson plans that can be immediately implemented.
“The Kenyan government is committed to helping teachers access and use technology to improve their teaching. We know that technology and eLearning will help increase and improve the skills of our teachers, which will have a major benefit to Kenyan students’, says Prof Karega Mutahi, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education during the launch of the Intel Teach Program.
The initiative is a result of an agreement signed with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Cisco, Microsoft and Kenya’s Ministry of Education.
The Intel Teach Program is the first-ever project to be launched in Kenya to help in the transition from traditional teaching methods to eLearning.
April 7, 2009
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