KEMI eLearning

Championing Education Leadership

Implementing National Curriculum Reforms through App-based learning for school leaders in Secondary Education-will develop and implement a blended learning trajectory for school leaders at the junior secondary level. These school leaders include deputy headteachers, headteachers, deputy principals, and principals. The blended learning trajectory will involve in-person and app-based training, with

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Overview

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Updated May 2025

Web presence

2022

Established

1M 2024

1

Countries

Leaders

Target group

School leaders in junior secondary education will acquire strong instructional leadership skills, and organize quality institutional-based continuous development. In turn, the learners will acquire the necessary personal and career competencies to enable them to become productive citizens.

About the innovation

Why did you create this innovation?

School leaders at the Junior Secondary School level will require capacity building on the ongoing curriculum reforms and instructional leadership through the provision of relevant targeted continuous capacity development.

What does your innovation look like in practice?

The newly developed short course titled Effective School Leadership in Junior Secondary School will be delivered in a blended format, unlike previous KEMI courses, based on the flipped classroom model: with app-based self-paced learning alternated by in-person sessions that focus on deepening knowledge and acquiring skills.

How has it been spreading?

The course is being hosted on a Moodle-based LMS with cohorts of 460 trainees (school leaders) undertaking the course simultaneously, using a premium bespoke Branded Moodle app for their self-paced learning, with face-to-face (virtual and in-person) training facilitated by a team of highly trained and skilled KEMI trainers. The trainers monitor trainee participation, facilitate online discussion forums, and grade assignments such as e-portfolios and reflective journals.

The KEMI eLearning App is available on Google Play Store and currently has been downloaded by over 1200 school leaders in 21 counties or regions in Kenya.

The program is currently hosting it's third cohort running till August 2025. A national rollout of the intervention is envisioned post 2026.

How have you modified or added to your innovation?

We have embedded digital learner progress tracking systems in the Learning Managament system that routinely send alerts and notifications to the KEMI instructors/trainers (tutors) and learners (school leaders in this case). We have integrated Leaderboards where learners earn Experience Points (XP) by completing various tasks. These measures have been put in to foster retention, engagement and motivation.

If I want to try it, what should I do?

Feel free to visit https://increase.kemi.ac.ke and https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.moodle.kemi&hl=en&pli=1.

Implementation steps

Download the KEMI App

Go to Google Playstore, search for KEMI App and install. Once installed click to Open the App.

Username and Password

If you are already a registered student of the Kenya Education Management Institute, the App will require to key in your login credentials i.e. username and password. Note: Usernames and passwords are only issued upon successful registration and application to enrol for a professional development course at Kenya Education Management Institute.

Access Dashboard

Upon successful login, your dashboard will open, listing all the courses, modules or units you have been enrolled in. Click on the first one to access the course content, activities, quizzes and assignments. In case of any challenge, you will see a 'help' button that you can use to access the HelpDesk.