The Kenyan President has approved that the Kenyan Learners be taught coding right from junior schools till university.
According to reports, the initiative was a pledge to advance the prospect of young Kenyans for the digital age.
Mr Ruto explained:
You have heard about coding which is going to be part of our curriculum, to make sure that coding and the whole computer eco-system and tech eco-system becomes part of our journey from primary school all the way to our universities.”
You have heard about coding which is going to be part of our curriculum, to make sure that coding and the whole computer eco-system and tech eco-system becomes part of our journey from primary school all the way to our universities.”
He made the remarks at a tech and innovation summit attended by representatives from Meta, Microsoft and Google.
Kenya’s previous ambitious attempt to provide learners in primary schools with laptops failed to take off in 2013.
This was largely down to some schools lacking the most basic equipment, poor teacher training and allegations of corruption in the procurement process.
