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Kenyan government in ambitious school project

Children use smart cards to help keep their school keep track of attendance
Children use smart cards to help keep their school keep track of attendance

The value of technology in primary school classrooms continues to be a source of debate around the world. 

But in Kenya the government has begun an ambitious project to roll out tablets to every child starting school this and every subsequent year. 

Through the support of the Simon Cumbers Media Fund, RTE's science and technology correspondent Will Goodbody travelled to Kenya, to learn more about the use of technology in education there.

Listen to his report on Morning Ireland

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