t2011
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Post by t2011 on Feb 1, 2015 14:46:38 GMT 3
To kenyan rich parents you are hypocrites or your are believers that the education system failed in kenya long time ago , or is it a class factor between the rich and the poor where the rich in kenya will have their way as it pleases them.
It does not make any logic to say that the public schools are mediocre and offer substandard education then you take your kids to private schools when they pass you then cry foul when they are not admitted to public secondary schools why the double standard. For heavens sake let us have a level playing field and the government has failed in this sphere as from the year 1993 onwards when this bad trend started taking shape in kenya .
Cause any parent that believes anything public run is mediocrity then has now right to be given a slot in any public school after primary .
Those public schools are in bad shape because the government has put it's policies wrong , where the schools lack books , teachers , good classes some are like cow shades , some learn under trees. This has to stop after 51years now way it has to stop . And if you go deeper to societal failures this is the root cause where we have the haves and the have nots , hence disparity in societal standing .
If the parents want good schools let them come up with an idea where schools team up that is co-operate between primary schools and primary schools to end this disparity .
That can be private to public or public to public , unless this is done then no middle class parent who can afford to take his child to a private school should demand a slot in a public school.
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Post by t2011 on Feb 3, 2015 13:37:19 GMT 3
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Post by b6k on Feb 21, 2015 7:01:58 GMT 3
To kenyan rich parents you are hypocrites or your are believers that the education system failed in kenya long time ago , or is it a class factor between the rich and the poor where the rich in kenya will have their way as it pleases them. It does not make any logic to say that the public schools are mediocre and offer substandard education then you take your kids to private schools when they pass you then cry foul when they are not admitted to public secondary schools why the double standard. For heavens sake let us have a level playing field and the government has failed in this sphere as from the year 1993 onwards when this bad trend started taking shape in kenya . Cause any parent that believes anything public run is mediocrity then has now right to be given a slot in any public school after primary . Those public schools are in bad shape because the government has put it's policies wrong , where the schools lack books , teachers , good classes some are like cow shades , some learn under trees. This has to stop after 51years now way it has to stop . And if you go deeper to societal failures this is the root cause where we have the haves and the have nots , hence disparity in societal standing . If the parents want good schools let them come up with an idea where schools team up that is co-operate between primary schools and primary schools to end this disparity . That can be private to public or public to public , unless this is done then no middle class parent who can afford to take his child to a private school should demand a slot in a public school. t2011, the short answer is because we can. Kenyans have been compelled to come up with private solutions to public problems, from public transportation (no KBS or trams, build a matatu industry), to housing, to security, or a combination of the two in gated communities. I dont see why education should be any different. The key to any child's future success is the foundation of their learning experience in their formative years. If you think this is compromise compromised at the baby class to standard 8 stage, create an Academy & throw junior there. When junior is much older and wiser and can get back into the public school system which may still be wanting but remains relatively competitive (if we are to believe that the 4-4 of the 8-4-4 can still hold their own at the global level) then by all means get them back on the bus. I don't the merit of knocking Kenyans for playing the system. They're just confirming the old adage that "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" by fixing what they perceive to be broken in the early years and working with what they think they can work with in the latter years. It's a public private partnership of sorts...
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