ICT in Education: the Smart Classroom
Cadena is responsible for supporting the design and implementation of Information & Communication Technology (ICT) under the “Smart Classrooms for Introducing New Technologies for TVET Improvement in Kenya” project initiated in December 2010 by the The Ministry of Higher Education Science and Technology in Kenya.
In 2015 the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (Directorate Technical Education) has reviewed the concept and the Smart Classroom was fully updated based on the latest concepts and technologies available. The Smart Classroom provides Kenya with world-class learning facilities without any equivalents in the world. The Smart Classroom introduces a unique TVET teaching and learning concept, combining state-of-the-art technologies, software, simulations, experiments and hands-on practical education, making the 10 Centres of Excellence future proof.
The Smart Classroom acts as an incubator area for ideas based on industry and labour market requirements. It will change students and teachers mind-sets and will bring innovation, spur creative and catalytic thinking, triggers students’ exploration skills, enhance problem-solving based learning, and provide the opportunity to teach and learn design, programming and production skills.
The Smart Classroom, covering 18 different topics from green energy, robotics up to 3D printing, improves the traditional TVET teaching at the 10 TTIs through further introduction of student-centred learning, interdisciplinary work, Competence Based Education and Training (CBET), and will maximize the use of the existing equipment at the workshops, amongst others, through; presentations, digital lessons, investigations, on-screen simulations, virtual experiments, practical exercises, and project and group work
Best Wishes from the Cadena Team
Regional TVET Qualifications Framework for Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania completed!
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New project Uganda
The Government of Uganda and the Ministry of Education and Sports have recently given Cadena and our partner Mamza Consulting Ltd, the opportunity to start the OPEC funded project "Consultancy Services for Provision of Skills & Institutional Management Capacity...
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Cadena involved in a new EU FWC.
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Contract signed with Kenya Electricity Generating Company (PLC) (KenGen) to implement EASTRIP consultancy!
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Contract signed with the Inter University Council for East Africa to implement EASTRIP consultancy!
We are pleased to announce that Cadena IDP and IBF have signed a contract with the Inter University Council for East Africa for the development of a Harmonized TVET Qualification Framework and at least 10 Regional Harmonized Occupational Standards in the Priority...
Completion of Youth Entrepreneurship and Employment Project (YEEP) in Liberia
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Cadena has successfully completed two projects in Ethiopia!
Cadena is pleased to announce the completion of two TVET projects in Ethiopia. Despite the current challenges with the Covid-19 pandemic, our teams managed to convert their work to “home-based” and applied the necessary Online Conference Tools to successfully complete...
