BANNING AND BURNING IN KENYAN SCHOOLS I
BANNING AND BURNING IN KENYAN SCHOOLS I The Kenyan educational sector has undergone several changes in the recent past. With most experts appealing for change of the educational system, some have also argued that the major problem is not the 8-4-4 system but the curriculum. Again, the changes that have been brought up to help the situation have proven to be more poisonous to the sector. Barely a year since the appointment of Dr Fred Matiang’i as the Cabinet Secretary of education, he has been applauded for various reforms and at the same time slated for some. It all begun by the banning of remedial classes and holiday tuition as they were termed as ways by which teachers exploit parents and the learners get overworked. It’s this year also that we saw ranking of candidates and schools in the national examinations being abolished. This was a strategy to reduce unhealthy competition leading to exam cheating in the national exams and to avoid traumatizing the candidates who fail. In ad