[Chapter-delegates] DN:[ Many got the results through the Internet ]

[Alex Gakuru]

Dear Members,

It is one year today (29 December 2006) since "Focusing on the Individual
Internet User" project was launched in Kenya.

I am very pleased with the contribution and our local overwhelming impact of
ISOC's internet awareness and education contributing to a better,
widespread, public appreciation, and embrace of this incredibly powerful,
enabling technology.

With ISOC's leadership in the "doers" category along "trusted advisor" SOP
policy, it is hoped that this project's initiated, quiet diplomacy urging
the Kenya government to sponsor a domain for every school in Kenya towards
making it possible for parents to remain in constant e-mail touch and get
online information from schools' websites with will bear fruit some time.

Quite some local Internet vibrancy has resulted from this project and the
true benefit of this project. Projects and Allied Consultants (
http://www.paconsult.co.ke/) have offered this project a free Monitoring and
Evaluation assessment results of which will be sent to along protocol.

I assure you the US$ 10,000 project award was worth spending in
strengthening the Kenya Internet Community of users.

But there are still some user issues as expressed below, but I am confident
they shall be addressed along the way;

[Daily Nation]

"....The public also expressed concern that strangers could access the
results of any candidate whose index number they held and suggested that a
security measure be put in place to protect the candidates.

The tradition has been that provincial directors of education attend the
news conference where the Education minister was releasing examinations.

They were then expected to physically transport the results to their
respective offices where their juniors from the districts and headteachers
would collect them.
Students in Nairobi would receive their results the same day while those in
other parts of the country would have to wait for a day or more, depending
on how far the school was from Nairobi....."


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http://nationmedia.com/dailynation/nmgcontententry.asp?premiumid=0&category_id=1&newsid=88470
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[Note: Correct story link is
www.examscouncil.or.ke<http://www.examscouncil.org/>]

I thank you all for your support  while I carried out this project and wish
you a very connected 2007 in deed.

Alex Gakuru
Project Manager
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