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Forum => Kenya Discussion => Topic started by: veritas on November 10, 2014, 05:59:37 PM
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Where is dear Mwalimu? I miss him.
http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/entertainment/m/?articleID=2000139509&story_title=kenya-s-education-system-is-churning-out-educated-zombies
Kenya’s education system is churning out ‘educated’ zombies
By Mwalimu Socrates
Updated Sunday, October 26th 2014 at 16:28 GMT +3
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I once heard a story of a man who was fighting a fire that was razing his hut. As he battled the flames, a rat shot out of the burning hut. On seeing the rat, he let out a war cry that must have unnerved the gods.
Angry at the rodent that had been eating his grains; he took off after it at the speed of light. Rodents are adept at getting lost in grass and fences and the man’s pursuit was in vain. On turning back to the critical mission of saving his hut, it had been consumed by fire.
The Government is behaving like that man in regard to education.
Our foray into the 8-4-4 system and later the introduction of free primary and secondary education has encountered many challenges. While ‘everybody’ agrees that the curriculum needs fixing, no one is ready to confront the matter.
Read more: http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/entertainment/m/?articleID=2000139509&story_title=kenya-s-education-system-is-churning-out-educated-zombies