Three private elementary schools in Kakamega have been interdicted for 'irregularities' in the recent KCPE exams. They will not be allowed to offer candidates for the test for two years. Parents are naturally in a panic. The interdicted students will have to 'rewind' (repeat the year). Out of 500 points you need 250 to qualify for a place in a secondary school. There are sometimes not enough places even for those who pass the exam, even if a parent or a sponsor can pay the fees. Here is what a newspaper article says: Matter of Life and Death. Almost every household in Kenya has a child in school. This explains why the country waits with bated breath for the release of KCPE results. This year was no exception. What is staggering is the extent to which pupils, teachers and parents go to cheat on the exams. Passing the exams is matter of life and death. A pupil who fails to get marks for high school falls by the wayside, his other talents notwithstanding. Something is terribly wrong with a system that condemns a 13-year-old as a failure and cuts him loose.'
This is why with the help of Tanya we are trying to offer vocational and polytechnic training to some of the jobless who never went on with their education or who dropped out for lack of fees.
My other dream is to open an international school based on Virtues and with a Canadian curriculum. Hmmm
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