Government launches real-time textbook distribution tracking system in schools
The Ministry of Education has announced plans to introduce a digital tracking system that will monitor the distribution of school textbooks in real time.
The Ministry of Education has announced plans to introduce a digital tracking system that will monitor the distribution of school textbooks in real time.
Speaking on Tuesday, May 6, Education Principal Secretary Julius Bitok said the new system is intended to address longstanding challenges in the movement of books from suppliers to schools.
“We are streamlining this space of book distribution, we are bringing in technology, and we are saying, going forward, we shall have a new system that is going to be able to monitor book distribution in real time,” he said.
He added: “I admit that there are challenges of book distribution, but we are working on a digital system that is going to ensure that we monitor in real time how books are able to move to schools.”
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Meanwhile, Bitok acknowledged that some schools are facing shortages in newly introduced specialised learning areas under the new curriculum.
“We have a small challenge on the new highly specialized areas which were not part of the previous curriculum. CBE is a new curriculum that has just been 5 months into Senior school.
“We are doing everything possible to ensure that books for these areas are availed to the schools that offer them,” he further said.
Bitok also said the government is pursuing a policy aimed at expanding capacity in high-demand schools so that more learners can access institutions with strong academic records.
“The government policy now is that we need to increase capacity in the popular schools, and the reason we are doing that is because these large schools have strong traditions of excellence, and we feel it is important to give more students an opportunity to learn in these institutions,” he stated.
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