Build labs then give laptops, MP tells state

The government should establish computer laboratories in secondary and primary schools before introducing laptops, Cherangany MP Wesley Korir has said. Addressing Korir parents and teachers at AIC Biribiriet Secondary School in Cherangany during an education day at weekend, Korir said the government’s plan to give class one pupils laptops will not be realised if the laboratories are not in place. “There is need for the government to train teachers first if they want the programme to be successful because some teachers are not conversant with computers,” he said. Korir said there should be a...