Public, Private partnership to boost Education
The government will embrace public, private partnership (PPP) to improve the standard of education, Principal Secretary for Basic Education,Am.Prof.Julius Bitok has said.
Speaking today in Nairobi when he presided over an M-pesa foundation Educational function ,PS Bitok welcomed the partnership initiative saying it will assist many schools to improve their infrastructures and general standard of education.
" The M-pesa foundation has impacted 3 million learners through improvement of school infrastructures and school scholarships", ps said .
The Chief Executive Officer for the safaricom pledged to further support 500 schools .
ps Bitok said the Ministry will in future partner with safari com to improve communication between the schools and the Ministry through the company country wide call centres.
The telecommunications company was celebrating its 25 years of existence.