Samsung Electronics East Africa has launched the first Solar Powered Internet School (SPIS) in Kenya, in a move that is set to improve the quality of education provision by ameliorating scarcity in the provision of learning material, low electricity connectivity in public schools as well as access to information, communication & technologies (ICTs).
Through the Hope for Children initiative, Samsung Electronics donated the SPIS to Arap Moi Primary School, in Kajiado County in its quest to complement the efforts by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology in the implementation of ICT integration in primary schools. The SPIS at Arap Moi Primary School is set to benefit 9 other nearby schools, namely -Kiserian, Nakel, Naro Moru, Nkoroi, Ole Kasasi, Oloosurutia, Olteyian and Rongai Primary Schools.
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