All the schools worked on a whole-school ICT integration aspect using the GESCI ICT Integration Roadmap and Guidelines. Going through a phased approached from e-Initial, to e-Enabled, to e-Confident and finally e-Mature where schools have ICT integration policies, teachers and students using ICTs in…
Implementation of the African Digital Schools Initiative as at October 2020
In 2016, GESCI through its African Digital Schools Initiative (ADSI) Programme started off on a journey to transform 80 secondary schools in Kenya into Digital Schools of Distinction through integration of ICTs in teaching and learning. Over the past 4 years, teachers have gone through three cycles…
Mastercard Foundation to open a Centre for ICT in Africa
The Mastercard Foundation is preparing to launch an ICT Centre to harness the Power of ICT to transform education systems.
Continental Education Strategy for Africa (CESA) Clusters Meeting
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 22 -23rd April 2019: The African Union in partnership with various Educational Institutions and organizations in Africa held a two day meeting to carry out a stock take of activities implemented by the CESA Clusters. GESCI chairs the ICT in Education cluster which is in line…
Advanced ICT Training for teachers in Kiambu and Nyamira Counties in Kenya
400 teachers undergo face to face training in bid to encourage usage of ICTs in teaching and learning.
Secondary School Teachers Feted after 1 year ICT training in Cote d'Ivoire
The Ministry of National Education and TVET, Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, in partnership with GESCI (Global eSchools and Communities’ Initiative) marked the first phase of a comprehensive programme to transform schools to digital schools. 141 key secondary teachers from Abidjan and Yamoussoukro have…
Outcomes: African Forum on Youth Skills and Enterprise in the Digital Age
The forum provided an opportunity for GESCI to showcase it’s its highly innovative Creative Digital Media Skills for Employment, Enterprise and Start-Ups model which was researched and developed in its digital media centre in Nairobi.
African Forum on Youth Skills and Enterprise in the Digital Age
African Ministers of Education, Technical and Vocational Skills Development (TVSD), Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET), Higher Education and Employment, as well as representatives of development cooperation partners, private sector, civil society and youth, will be gathering in…
Call for Submission of Presentation Proposals
The submission should not exceed one (1) page and should contain the following: Title of the presentation Role of the presenter in the project Region covered by the programme/project Alignment to the general theme and sessions Explanation concerning what is innovative in the…
African Leadership for Knowledge Society Forum
On 30th Aug, 2017, GESCI in partnership with the African Union Commission and the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Finland held the African Leadership for Knowledge Society Forum. The event, which also marked the closure of the GESCI ALICT/LATIC programme, took place in Nairobi Kenya. In attendance…