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The United Kingdom (UK) is committed to promoting mentorship of girls
from disadvantaged backgrounds in Kenya in Science, Technology,
Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM), as a way of preparing them
for vital careers in energy, information technology and engineering
sectors by KNA, Information for Development.
Kiriko Secondary School Teacher Peter Tabichi (Center) takes students through a chemistry lesson as British Envoy Ms Jane Marriott (Right) looks on. Ms Marriott said there is a need to scale up interventions aimed at entrenching the interest in STEM-oriented subjects at the primary and secondary levels of learning.
Photo: Dennis Rasto
UK’s High Commissioner to Kenya Ms Jane Marriott said there is a need to scale up interventions aimed at entrenching the interest in STEM-oriented subjects at the primary and secondary levels of learning...
She stated that online exchange programmes between schools in Kenya and the UK was one way of scaling interventions aimed at entrenching the interest in STEM-oriented subjects at the primary and secondary levels of learning.
Since the online twinning programme between schools in the two countries was inaugurated 14 years ago, 1,000 classrooms in Kenya have been incorporated in the initiative. Keriko Primary school in Njoro Sub-County was the first to benefit from the programme in 2007.
Source: Kenya News Agency
