University e-learning project
Computer Aid has provided over 1,500 PCs to Kenyatta University in Kenya. Many of these computers are being used for the university's cutting edge e-learning project, which is enabling rural students to pursue university courses remotely.
Kenyatta University has made its courses accessible to people living and working in those communities. In particular, the university is targeting people who are already engaged in work that is vital to the social and economic development of rural and marginalised areas. These ‘key workers’ include nurses, teachers, entrepreneurs and agricultural advisors. This will enable access to university education to socially excluded groups such as the disabled, housebound, parents of young children and help reverse the brain drain from rural to urban areas.
The project is already benefiting 4,000 students in geographically and economically marginalised areas. Kenyatta University’s base of IT staff are providing the maintenance, training and support necessary to ensure that thousands more students will benefit in years to come. With increased access to information and support, it is expected that academic achievement at the Open Learning Centres will improve considerably.
Daisy Mundia. a student at Kenyatta University using a Computer Aid PC.
