From the form to your certificate, step by step.Kutoka fomu hadi cheti chako, hatua kwa hatua.

• A phone that plays video. A smartphone is enough to start every course.
• Data or Wi-Fi for the lesson videos.
• Earphones for the video and music courses.
• That's all. No experience, no school certificate, no laptop.

• Simu inayocheza video. Simu janja inatosha kuanza kila kozi.
• Bando au Wi-Fi kwa video za masomo.
• Vifaa vya masikioni (earphones) kwa kozi za video na muziki.
• Basi. Huhitaji uzoefu, cheti cha shule, wala laptop.

Fill in the form on the home page — or on your school's own page if a school sent you. It takes about five minutes on a phone.

We ask for your name, age, phone number, where you stay, the course you want, what you have to work with, and a sentence or two on why. Write how you talk — it is not a test.

Jaza fomu kwenye ukurasa wa mwanzo — au kwenye ukurasa wa shule yako kama shule ilikutuma. Inachukua kama dakika tano kwenye simu.

Tunauliza jina lako, umri, nambari ya simu, unapoishi, kozi unayotaka, vifaa ulivyo navyo, na sentensi moja au mbili kwa nini unataka kujifunza. Andika jinsi unavyoongea — si mtihani.

Within one week we call or WhatsApp the number you gave. It is a short chat so we know you and you know us — no exam, no interview panel.

Save our number so you know it's us: 0798 602 799. We only ever contact you from the numbers on our site.

New intakes start regularly. If one is full, you go first on the next. Heard nothing after seven days? Message us — don't just wait.

Ndani ya wiki moja tunakupigia au kukutumia WhatsApp kwenye nambari uliyotoa. Ni mazungumzo mafupi ili tukujue na wewe utujue — hakuna mtihani, hakuna jopo la usaili.

Hifadhi nambari yetu ili ujue ni sisi: 0798 602 799. Tunawasiliana nawe kutoka kwa nambari zilizo kwenye tovuti yetu tu.

Makundi mapya huanza mara kwa mara. Kundi likijaa, wewe ni wa kwanza kwenye linalofuata. Hujasikia kutoka kwetu baada ya siku saba? Tutumie ujumbe — usisubiri tu.

When your place is confirmed, your trainer gives you a 5-digit PIN. Then:

• Open the site and press Student login.
• Type the phone number you applied with, and your PIN.
• Change your PIN straight away with Change PIN on your dashboard — pick five digits your trainer does not know.

Forgot your PIN? WhatsApp us and we reset it.

Nafasi yako ikithibitishwa, mkufunzi wako anakupa PIN ya tarakimu 5. Kisha:

• Fungua tovuti na ubonyeze Student login (Ingia).
• Andika nambari ya simu uliyoombea nayo, na PIN yako.
• Badilisha PIN yako mara moja kwa Change PIN kwenye ukurasa wako — chagua tarakimu tano ambazo mkufunzi wako hajui.

Umesahau PIN yako? Tuandikie WhatsApp na tutaibadilisha.

After you sign in you land on your dashboard. It has four tabs:

Notices from your trainers show at the top.

Ukiingia unafika kwenye ukurasa wako. Una sehemu nne:

Matangazo kutoka kwa wakufunzi wako yanaonekana juu.

Every course has three stages of eight video lessons each:

• Lessons open in order — the next one opens when you finish the one before.
• Press play. The video runs right on the page.
• When the video has played through, the grey Watch the video first button turns into Mark lesson complete. Press it, and the next lesson opens.
• Ticked one by mistake? You can untick your most recent lesson, until you send that stage's assignment.

Watch whenever you have time and data. There are no fixed class days.

Kila kozi ina hatua tatu, kila moja na masomo manane ya video:

• Masomo hufunguka kwa mpangilio — linalofuata hufunguka ukimaliza lililotangulia.
• Bonyeza play. Video inacheza hapo hapo kwenye ukurasa.
• Video ikimalizika kucheza, kitufe cha kijivu Watch the video first kinabadilika kuwa Mark lesson complete. Kibonyeze, na somo linalofuata linafunguka.
• Umeweka alama kwa makosa? Unaweza kuondoa alama ya somo lako la mwisho, mpaka utume kazi ya hatua hiyo.

Tazama wakati wowote una muda na bando. Hakuna siku za darasa zilizowekwa.

When all eight lessons in a stage are ticked, that stage's assignment opens. You make the work where you are, with what you have, then send one or more of:

• a link (it must start with http:// or https://),
• a short note,
• a photo or PDF of your work — JPG, PNG, WEBP or PDF, up to 3 MB.

A trainer marks it during the week:

Masomo yote manane ya hatua yakiwekwa alama, kazi ya hatua hiyo inafunguka. Unaifanya ulipo, kwa vifaa ulivyo navyo, kisha unatuma kimoja au zaidi kati ya:

• kiungo (link) — lazima kianze na http:// au https://,
• maelezo mafupi,
• picha au PDF ya kazi yako — JPG, PNG, WEBP au PDF, hadi MB 3.

Mkufunzi anaisahihisha ndani ya wiki:

Open the Ask a trainer tab:

• Course board — everyone on your course can see your question, with your first name only. Classmates can answer too.
• Private message — only the trainers see it.

You can post up to 20 times a day. Someone answers during the week. You can also WhatsApp us.

Fungua sehemu ya Ask a trainer:

• Ubao wa kozi — kila mtu kwenye kozi yako anaona swali lako, na jina lako la kwanza tu. Wanafunzi wenzako wanaweza kujibu pia.
• Ujumbe wa faragha — wakufunzi pekee ndio wanauona.

Unaweza kutuma hadi mara 20 kwa siku. Mtu anajibu ndani ya wiki. Unaweza pia kututumia WhatsApp.

Some courses have practical days at our centre in Kibra, to try cameras, computers, microphones and other equipment. They are announced on WhatsApp first.

Baadhi ya kozi zina siku za vitendo kwenye kituo chetu Kibra, kujaribu kamera, kompyuta, maikrofoni na vifaa vingine. Zinatangazwa kwanza kwenye WhatsApp.

Life happens. If you need a break — exams, work, family — tell your trainer. If you go quiet for more than four weeks without telling us, your place goes to the next person waiting.

Maisha hutokea. Ukihitaji mapumziko — mitihani, kazi, familia — mwambie mkufunzi wako. Ukinyamaza kwa zaidi ya wiki nne bila kutuambia, nafasi yako inapewa mtu anayefuata.

When every lesson is ticked and all three stage assignments are passed, your certificate appears in the Certificates tab.

• Print it, or save it as a PDF from the print screen.
• It has a certificate number. Anyone — an employer, a client — can check it at lms.kibrayouthnetwork.org/verify.

Employers care most about the work you made. Keep your portfolio next to your certificate.

Kila somo likiwekwa alama na kazi zote tatu za hatua zikipita, cheti chako kinaonekana kwenye sehemu ya Certificates.

• Kichapishe, au kihifadhi kama PDF kutoka kwenye skrini ya kuchapisha.
• Kina nambari ya cheti. Mtu yeyote — mwajiri, mteja — anaweza kukihakiki kwenye lms.kibrayouthnetwork.org/verify.

Waajiri hujali zaidi kazi uliyotengeneza. Weka kazi zako pamoja na cheti chako.

• Handouts are small — most are under 300 KB.
• Download all gets all of a course's handouts in one file.
• Keep for offline saves them on your phone, so they open even with no data.
• Videos come from YouTube and use data like any video. If one stalls, lower the quality (the gear icon on the player), or watch on Wi-Fi.

• Vitini ni vidogo — vingi viko chini ya KB 300.
• Download all inapakua vitini vyote vya kozi kwenye faili moja.
• Keep for offline inavihifadhi kwenye simu yako, ili vifunguke hata bila bando.
• Video zinatoka YouTube na zinatumia bando kama video nyingine yoyote. Ikikwama, punguza ubora (alama ya gia kwenye video), au tazama ukiwa na Wi-Fi.

If your school gave you a code, use it on the application form. Already have an account? Sign in and press Add your school code under your name on the dashboard.

Your teachers can then see your lessons done, assignments passed, attendance and certificate — never your phone number, your parent's details or the work itself.

Only KYN can change or remove the school link. If it needs changing, WhatsApp us.

Kama shule yako ilikupa nambari, itumie kwenye fomu ya kuomba. Tayari una akaunti? Ingia na ubonyeze Add your school code chini ya jina lako kwenye ukurasa wako.

Walimu wako wataweza kuona masomo uliyomaliza, kazi zilizopita, mahudhurio na cheti — kamwe si nambari yako ya simu, maelezo ya mzazi wako, wala kazi yenyewe.

KYN pekee ndiyo inaweza kubadilisha au kuondoa muunganisho na shule. Ukihitaji kubadilisha, tuandikie WhatsApp.

• For anyone under 18, we call a parent or guardian before they start.
• You can call or WhatsApp us any time with a question.
• Every trainer is vetted and works to a written code of conduct. No trainer meets a student alone, off-site or after hours.
• What we keep: a name, a phone number, a scrambled PIN, lesson progress — and for under-18s, one guardian's name and number. Ask us and we delete it.

• Kwa yeyote aliye chini ya miaka 18, tunampigia mzazi au mlezi kabla hajaanza.
• Unaweza kutupigia au kututumia WhatsApp wakati wowote ukiwa na swali.
• Kila mkufunzi amechunguzwa na anafuata kanuni za maadili zilizoandikwa. Hakuna mkufunzi anayekutana na mwanafunzi peke yake, nje ya kituo, au baada ya saa za kazi.
• Tunachohifadhi: jina, nambari ya simu, PIN iliyofichwa, maendeleo ya masomo — na kwa walio chini ya 18, jina na nambari ya mlezi mmoja. Tuulize na tutaifuta.