Description
Unemployment has fallen in Kenya since it's 2011 high, but youth unemployment is still extremely high, at around 35% (UNDP Discussion Paper, "Kenya’s Youth Employment Challenge", January 2013). This project aims to address this problem through two solutions. Firstly, by improving school leavers’ grades through the use of ICT and project-based learning in the classroom. Five high schools in the Taita Taveta county of Kenya will be provided with internet-ready computer laboratories, projectors, interactive whiteboards, digital cameras en e-learning software. They will also receive training from Slovak teachers on how to utilise these materials, plus they will receive technical support. The ability to use ICT in schools is not only beneficial to the pupils’ learning, but also to a schools’ administration. Administration software and training will also be provided which will significantly improve the day-to-day running of the schools and communication with parents. This is a continuation of the Applicant’s previous project in the Voi Province, Kenya, which has shown remarkable improvements in school leaver’s grades. Secondly, to help young people become more appealling to employers, the project will provide hands-on business experience to high school students aided by ICT. This will be carried out through an agreement between the Slovak and Kenyan Ministries of Education to permit Kenya to become an affiliate member of the Practice Enterprise Network (PEN). Kenyan high school students could then access the worldwide online Europen tools and database and, setting up their own practice firms, experience the world of business, with all the real conditions (http://www.europen.info). This will signficantly increase participating students’ chances of gaining work in the formal Kenyan economy.