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It’s tablets for pupils now as laptops headed for ‘archives’

By VITALIS KIMUTAI
Kenya: The government is considering the introduction of tablets instead of laptops to Class One pupils in all public schools across the country.

Cabinet Secretary for Education Prof Jacob Kaimenyi said the move was informed by the fact that Information Communication Technology (ICT) was very dynamic with gadgets and software change in a very short time.

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