“We knew what we wanted, we knew what activities where required, but did not have the expertise. Thanks to the VVOB experts ‘in house’, we can now make decisions.”
Permanent Secretary, Karega Mutahi, the most senior officer in the Kenyan Ministry of Education, is very positive about the collaboration with VVOB to integrate information communication technology (ICT) in education. “Through our partnership with VVOB, we see very significant progress. Not only in terms of our own capacity development, but also through putting in place the mechanisms to address integration of ICT and thus moving away from using the computer as a typewriter and as a means to deliver messages through e-mail. We want to use ICT for management of institutions and for delivery of curriculum by teachers. This is a joint process.
We have taken the important step of coordinating and harmonizing ICT initiatives in our sector plan. The ICT Integration team has been set up, with representatives of all directorates of the ministry of education. This helps to avoid duplication and undue competition. We can achieve much more, since many partners join forces.”
