"Assistive technology equips the learners with very many skills that really make them independent in life," he said. "They can read materials like books, magazines, newspapers by themselves. And apart from that -- assistive technology equips them with employable skills."

The assistive technology costs $1,000 for a school to install. But an NGO called InAble has provided it to the schools at no cost.

Challenges remain

Peter Okeyo, the program manager at InAble, says blind students using the technology may still face challenges when they move to higher education.

"When learners move from primary to high school and then to universities, they go to university and then they realize there is not that technology," Okeyo said. "So the fact that they learnt that technology in primary and high school, when they move to university they go back to braille which is another challenge to them."

So far, four out of Kenya's 11 schools for the blind have adopted the technology. InAble says it will provide the funding for the remaining schools to come on board.

Vocabulary

impaired：受损的

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