With their laptops, female instructors will now have access to more than 100 basic through secondary school textbooks. This is the result of a collaboration between the Kenya Women Teachers Association and the Estonian Embassy (KEWOTA).
Teachers who are Kewota members will be able to receive loans for laptops that are due in 36 months. Benta Opande, CEO of Kewota, warned educators not to fall behind in the transfer to digital technology. Opande stated, “You can acquire all the textbooks in the orange book with just the push of a button. Instructors can’t bring 100 textbooks to class.
Members may apply for laptop loans from the Association and select an appropriate payment schedule. The devices have curriculum designs with more than 100 textbooks as well as a Teachers Service Commission website that is already installed. We need to move past that, she added, noting that some teachers still use the internet to download pay stubs and even file tax forms.
Almost 85,000 Kewota members who participate in the triple program known as Tuinuane dada would pay a monthly fee of Sh1,080 to Sh2,500. If a member misplaces their laptop, she explained, “they just report it and we take it off for security reasons.”
The teachers will also receive insurance coverage to cover their costs for car accidents and other personal mishaps. Kadri Humal, the Honorary Consul of Estonia, pushed the Kenyan government to imitate Estonia’s digitalization. She claimed that as part of the digitalization process, education received increased emphasis in her nation.
It’s wonderful that the Entire curriculum is now available in digital form on affordable devices for teachers, she remarked. According to Kadri, this will make it easier for teachers to communicate with students and enhance the way they receive curricular materials.