The Ministry of Education on Wednesday, October 19, flagged a letter that was purported to originate from Principal Secretary Dr Julius Jwan which implored schools in Kenya to procure a digital communication platform.
The purpose of the said digital communication platform, the letter stated, would be to establish an efficient way of communicating with parents and thus minimise the frequency of school meetings.
This would be achieved through a collaboration between the ministry and the Postal Corporation of Kenya (Posta Kenya).
"The ministry in an earlier communication to you as per the PS letter attached required schools to have the platform activated in their respective institutions in liaison with the Postal Corporation of Kenya," the letter in part.
"The purpose of this letter is to ask you to inform all learning institutions in your area of jurisdiction to support the initiative."
The letter seen by Kenyans.co.ke bore the ministry's letterhead and was addressed to all County directors of education.
In addition, the circular dated October 17 was copied to the outgoing Education Cabinet Secretary Prof George Magoha and the Postal Corporation of Kenya.
The Ministry of Education, however, ruled out the letter and described it as fake albeit without additional information on the letter's origin.
A section of social media users had shared the letter on Wednesday, October 19 and consequently courted the attention of the ministry.
The origin of the letter was yet to be established by the time of publishing this story.
Notably, the government had launched a project aimed at connecting all learning institutions to internet in January in a collaboration between the ICT authority and the State Department on Training and Skills Development.
The partnership had targeted connecting over 8,000 learning institutions by the end of 2022.
