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John Oredo

John Oredo

Senior Lecturer in Library and Information Science at the University of Nairobi, Kenya, and Visiting Fellow at Northumbria University (UK), specializing in AI, education, and digital transformation.

Aug 5, 2026

4:15
In one minute, can you try to define the main challenges associated with education? And then in two minutes, tell us one brilliant idea that Kenyans have come up with to reduce inequality in education using AI.
4:30
Thank you very much, Yannis.
4:33
Kenya has made tremendous efforts in increasing school enrollment, especially at the basic level and secondary level.
4:42
This has been due to the fact that the country has put in place policies to support free primary education, and also to support free day secondary education.
4:55
These efforts have actually led to increased enrollment rates going up to 98% in primary level and transition rate of around 87% from primary to secondary.
5:11
But we all agree that numbers or transition rates does not necessarily lead to quality educational outcomes or quality learning outcomes.
5:23
And therefore, there's still an even distribution in terms of learning outcomes across the country because the country is multilayered.

14 MINS LATER

19:34
What is the future of, you know, teachers, professors? Artificial intelligence, is that a way to enhance them or is it ultimately going to replace them?

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