Mwaluvuno primary school active with tablets

The director of T4T, Francis Nzai,  visited Mwaluvuno primary school in Kinango last week to observe the development of the new national curriculum. The school has been a pilot school last year and now uses tablets as material. Head teacher Peter is also a participant of the school leaders course of T4T. Below the story of Francis:

It was a good experience to be at Mwaluvuno Primary. Piloting of the new curriculum was done last year with the kindergarten children who are now in grade 1. I interacted with grade 1 children who could start their tablets and open the digital platforms. The children are active and eager to discover more. The class had a server, a projector and a teachers laptop. A child could scroll a reading page and project it to the board for others to read. Each child has a tablet and can charge it from a power socket on the wall. Teacher had the curriculum design but also needed the learning materials which are not available. They are still using old books to source for information.
6 teachers including head teacher went for a 3 days training on the use of digital devices.
The most positive thing on this program is that children look active, not shy.

Challenges I observed:
1. Power is from solar panels which cannot supply power to all tablets and provide power for projector and teachers laptop at the same time.
2. Teachers needs more ict knowledge as they have to Google for more information and also optimum use of the devices.
3. Inadequate space for children in class.
As a pilot school there are very few visits to check on the progress.

Francis Nzai