In a critical move towards empowering teachers and enriching learning experiences for students, the Kenya Primary School Heads Association has signed a memorandum of understanding with Kurasa Africa. This move is geared towards bringing in advanced technology in the teaching and learning sectors across the country, hence dealing a critical blow to the current standing and outcome of education.
Background and Context
KEPSHA’s Vision for Education
KEPSHA is a well-known association of primary school heads in the country, which has been advocating for new, innovative methods to raise the standards of learning and education overall. This association, dubbed as KEPSHA, recognizes that change in the education sector is now happening at breakneck speed, necessitating adjustments to these changes to better place learners at quality learning levels.
KURASA Africa’s Role in EdTech
KURASA Africa is an edtech innovation leader dedicated to harnessing technology to transform education. Their platform provides intuitive, robust, complete digital solutions that empower teachers and inspire learners.
The Partnership Agreement
Goals and Objectives
The partnership between KEPSHA and KURASA Africa aims to:
- Equipping the teacher and school heads with fully digital state-of-the-art resources;
- To facilitate learners’ needs with organized attendance and profile management features.
- Reorganize administration systems in the bringing about easier delivery of lesson and assessment.
- Enable real-time performance tracking and monitoring, helps in effective tracking and monitoring learner’s performance for better support.
Benefits for Teachers and Students
KEPSHA National Chairman, Johnson Nzioka, says the milestone partnership was going to revolutionize services in education across Kenya. With the latest platform from KURASA Africa, it places teachers at a vantage position to effectively solve myriad challenges among their students. The digital tools will ensure seamless administration and enhance teaching and learning.
Johnson Nzioka, KEPSHA National Chairman
“By partnering with KURASA Africa, we are joining an important initiative in changing education in Kenya. This places our educators at a better position to cater to the varying needs of our learners. The performance-tracking tools in real-time will help us pick out and support our learner’s performance in every instance, hence leaving no child behind.”
Nzioka underpinned the place of technology in checking on the performance of students and keeping up with the pace that the education sector is changing at. He reiterated KEPSHA’s strong belief that empowering teachers with the right kind of tools and resources is the way to go towards a successful school system.
William Nguru, CEO of KURASA Africa
It is in this regard that William Nguru reiterated the commitment to changing education through technology. “We are committed to leveraging the potential of technology in transforming education by making sure teachers have an easy time when teaching. Digital technology is critical in this journey. This shall benefit all learning institutions in the country.”
He further mentioned that the incorporation of computers in the teaching arena provided teachers with learner-centered teaching and also reduced the duration required to approach certain topics needed, thereby benefiting both the teachers and students alike.
Implications and Future Prospects
Enhanced Learning Experiences
Despite all the odds facing the education sector, the partnership stands to generate quite a number of improvements regarding learning experience among students all over Kenya. With digital tools that support personalization and real-time tracking, chances of the student acquiring the attention and support they need towards making it big academically increase.
Empowered Educators
This will also help the teachers to have smooth administrative procedures, all-round tools for lesson planning, delivery, and assessment. Essentially, educators will spend more time teaching and less time doing administrative work.
Comprehensive Monitoring
In this way, parents and school heads can monitor students’ progress comprehensively in order to foster a collaborative approach to education that involves all stakeholders.