Saturday, April 11, 2009
THE KENYAN EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM
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If you ask me, this system needs a complete overhaul. Truth be told this among the most unfulfilling systems in the whole world. Well check this out, first of all you have to pass through 8 years in primary 4 years in High school and 4 more years in University. To begin with, it does not invest in different skills and talents that other talents that people have(at least not entirely)What hurts me the most comes in the final examination in high school.An average of 400 000 students sit for their final high school examination every year. Only about 75 000 students are able to attain a grade of C plus (C+) that is roughly about 20%-25% every year attaining a pass. Also note that The Kenyan public universities take students who have attained B+ for boys and B plain for Girls into its public universities. This again lowers down the number of students who have gone through this system to become trained professionals.
About 10 000 will make it into the private universities poly technics and colleges. What about the rest, well they will probably start businesses and build the Kenyan SME industry and the country will go forward. sounds good right? WRONG!!!!!!.
If all the remaining 250000+ are going to start a business which is very ironical(most will probably end in the street 'hustling' or engaging in crime,drugs and maybe even sex trade)Then the government need to change how everything works. Maybe introduce financial education in the system. Whatever it is they are going to do, the should do it ASAP.
Let us strive to save the Kenyan youth. The Ministry dealing with youth affairs should put this on its fore front other than fighting with jobless without providing the correct educational basis. Over hauling the educational system will see Kenya go a long way even in the pursuit of the vision 2030.
I would like to see change happen. So that students don't have to depend on cheating in the examination so as to achieve excellence in life. We should not over emphasize on education rather than what an individual student can do. WE ARE IN THE INFORMATION AGE NOT THE INDUSTRIAL AGE.
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1 comments:
Great post! I could not have said it better myself.
With over 70% of Kenyan SME's collapsing within 12 months of inception, the chances for Kenyan youth in enterprise is frankly dismal.
Apart from an education system that like you say doesn't even teach financial literacy, youth entrepreneurs also face a multitude of challenges.
Their businesses are generally under-capitalised because they find the loan process daunting. They are also discriminated against, as the rest of society view their businesses as hobbies, or "NOT SERIOUS".
They also don't have a network of potential partners or mentors. It's a shame that out Ministry of Youth only pays lip service to the plight of the youth, forgetting that THEY are the country's future leaders.
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