Intel Launches Digital Solution for Kenyan Education

Prof. Kaimenyi and students go through the Intel Explore & Learn app

Intel Kenya has launched Intel® Explore and Learn, an education application that offers learners and players in the education sector easy access to quality digital content developed for the Kenyan education system.

The solution, designed for learners of all ages, provides access to wide variety of content including text books, set books, revision books, interactive past exam papers, rich multimedia (audio, video and animations) for Kenyan students from Primary to High School level.

This app was developed in collaboration between Intel and Rancard, an African-based mobile technology company that provides a cloud-based software platform for mobile content discovery, delivery and monetization.

“The aim of the Intel® Explore and Learn solution is to provide a resource hub where learners can find relevant content to enrich their studies while at the same time provide publishers with access to a platform that will enable them to easily share their learning content,” said Intel’s Middle East and Africa Business Development Director, Cigdem Ertem during launch of the product at the Tribe Hotel in Nairobi.

The application which is available for Intel powered PCs and Tablets running Android, Windows 7 or Windows 8 devices is user-friendly and interactive improving learning experience to students and teachers. “We would like to call upon all publishers and other content providers to partner with Intel in delivering exciting quality education content to Kenya’s children to transform how they study and enable children to create their tomorrow,” said Ertem.

Intel's Cigdem Ertem, Education Cabinet Secretary Prof Kaimenyi and Danie Steyn GM Intel East Africa 

Present at the launch was Cabinet Secretary in the Minisitry of Education Prof. Jacob Kaimenyi who encouraged players in the education sector to take up the product to enhance learning in schools. “Indeed, towards the realization of Vision 2030, the education system will be guided by placing emphasis on new developments and subsequent innovations in science and technology.  It is initiatives such as these that promote the socio-economic, technological and industrial skills needed for the country‘s development,” he said.

Intel plans to roll out training sessions for teachers interested in digitizing their content in conjunction with Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD) as well as with Kenya Private School Association (KPSA). For more information on the training, teachers need to contact KICD and KPSA.

“The content currently available through Intel® Explore and Learn at launch is targeted at upper primary grades and Form4. Our partners are working hard on developing content for other grades. As additional content is developed and as new content providers and publishers sign up, content for additional grades will be added,” noted Danie Steyn General Manager Intel East Africa.

Internet access is only required when downloading the content. This not only means parents have control over internet usage but it also saves them the cost of continuous internet usage. Users can only download what they need and make payments through mobile money or internationally accepted credit and debit cards.

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