Digital revolution in Kenya: 21 schools receive internet connection!

Digital revolution in Kenya: 21 schools receive internet connection!

Machakos, Kenia - Digital education takes on impressive forms in Kenya! On March 14, 2025, the end of the second phase of the Digischool connectivity project was celebrated in a ceremony at the Machakos primary school for deaf people. In cooperation with UNESCO and Huawei, 21 schools, including six for children with special educational needs, were connected to the high-speed internet. This initiative aims to advance digital inclusion and to make learning more effective and exciting by making innovative technologies available that significantly improve access to educational resources, such as the reports from OTS can be found.

A crucial element of the project is a modern video conference solution that enables the Kenya Institute of Special Education (Kise) to efficiently support teachers and students in deaf schools. Loud. John Tanui, the main secretary of the Kenyan Department of ICT, improves the connection to the national fiber optic network not only the learning results, but also accessibility to various educational services. This is made possible by a partnership between the Kenyan government, Huawei and the UNESCO, all of which are part of the strategy to make schools in Kenya digital fit.

technology -based schools for all

Another groundbreaking project was launched during the COP27 in Sharm-El-Heikh by UNESCO and Huawei. Under the motto "Technology -based open schools for all", schools are to be transformed in low -resources in order to ensure and ensure just education. The aim is to test digital solutions that help schools become more resistant to crises - both under normal and unusual circumstances. The initiative is part of the UNESCOS efforts to promote a fair education system for everyone and is reinforced by the exchange of resources between the countries and partners, as from the explanations of the report on the UNESCO website .

The project has already borne fruit in Egypt, Ghana and Ethiopia, where it enables 950,000 teachers and headmaster to develop digital skills. By 2023, a total of 23 million students should benefit from this initiative. "We believe that information and communication technology is a decisive factor for a more sustainable future," said Catherine Du, head of the Huawei Tech4all program. The combination of these global effort emphasizes the importance of technology in today's educational landscape and shows how it can help to find practical solutions for educational bottlenecks.