Wikipedia for Schools

Wikipedia for Schools: — Overview — Mombasa Report — Kakamega Report — Nyeri Report — Post mortem

Project Details Coordinator: Abbas Mahmoud Status: Collecting Feedback Contact: wmke-boardwikimedia.or.ke

Background

The Wikipedia for Schools Project is an initiative of Wikimedia Foundation and Wikipedia volunteers in Kenya. The aim of this initiative is to bring improved access to free information, especially critical educational content, to Kenya’s students and teachers through the installation of Offline Wikipedia in Primary & Secondary Schools across the country. Recognizing the need for extensive on-the-ground work with end users, Wikimedia Foundation would use a small team of volunteers to undertake this project. These volunteers consist of Wikipedia editors and/or those who are familiar with working in an open source/Linux environment.

Locations

This is a countrywide project. However, a pilot will be first undertaken for 3 regions, namely:

• Mombasa, Coast Province
• Nyeri, Central Province
• Kakamega, Western Province

Timing

Proposed start date: January 2011

Local Team

The local team includes:

• Abbas Mahmood - project lead
• David Mugo
• Grace Kariuki
• Oliver Stegen
• Ann Njeri
• Oscar Limoke
• Sameer Muiruri
• Samson Maosa
• Sarah Osano
• Dennis Munene
• Alex Wafula
• Isaac Kosgei
• Branton Obwari
• Chris Riwa
• Stephen Wanjau

Scope of work

Below are the key tasks to be completed:

• Install and configure the Offline Wikipedia in the computers.
• Provide a simple printed Wikipedia guide that will assist beginners in getting started.
• Give out two lectures at each school: one for the teachers, and another for students. These two tutorials will teach the students/teachers on how to gain maximum benefit when using Wikipedia.
• Provide each school with a hard copy of the offline Wikipedia, for recovery purposes.

Scope of Pilot:

The Pilot will cover the following regions/schools:

Mombasa	Nyeri	Kakamega
Khamis High School	Baricho Boys	St Agnes Shibuye Girls
Coast Girls’ High School	Ngaru Girls	Musoli Girls’ High School
Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed	Naromoru Boys High School	Malava Boys’ High School
Memon High School	Nanyuki Boarding School	Kakamega High School
Star of the Sea High School	Chinga Boys High School	Musingu Boys’High School
Ngala Memorial	Nyeri Boys High School	St. Ignatius Mukumu Boys’ High School
Aga Khan High School	Othaya Boys High School	Mukumu Girls’High School
Aga Khan Academy	Moi Equator Girls	Malava Girls’ High School
Jaffery Academy	Endarasha Boys High School	Bishop Sulumeti Girls’ High School
Light Academy	Naromoru Girls High School	Ignotse High School

Supervision

The project will be supervised by Barry Newstead and Jessie Wild from Wikimedia Foundation. The project leader locally is Abbas Mahmood.