Kenya: Only 400,000 pupils will get laptops

Pupils of Kirembe Primary School in Kisumu County in a class with the e-reading tablets received from USAID in partnership with the ministry of education. The school received 30 devices. [PHOTO/TITUS MUNALA/STANDARD]

At least 400,000 pupils in Standard One will not get computers in the first year of implementation of the free laptops project.

According to budget estimates to be considered by Parliament for the 2015-16 Financial Year that starts next month, the Government is targeting to provide only 400,000 pupils with laptops during the period. This is about half the population of Standard One pupils in public schools countrywide.