In
Kenya, only 28 per cent of pupils in Standard 3 who completed the
English test were able to read a Standard 2 level story with ease. In
Uganda and Tanzania, pass rates were worse -
4 per cent and 8 per cent, respectively.
TALK OF KIPOFU KUMCHEKA KIPOFU MWENZIE.
The pattern for
numeracy was similar - Kenya in the lead, followed by Uganda and then Tanzania. However,
12 per cent of Kenyan Standard 7s could not do a sum set at Standard 2 level. In
Uganda, the figure was
15 per cent and in
Tanzania, an alarming 32 per cent.
ANOTHER CASE!
Kiswahili was not tested in Uganda, but the results in Tanzania and Kenya are surprising - Tanzanian children performed worse. The popular belief is that, in Kiswahili, children in Tanzania ought to have an advantage over children in Kenya.
I want to see the statistics for this as stipulated in the other cases above....not theory!
Aggrey Kibinge, the spokesperson at Uganda's Ministry of Education, also raised issue with the sample size, saying: "The survey captured only 810 out of a total of 16,000 primary schools in Uganda, and only 31,000 pupils out of about 7 million children in primary school.
We doubt that the sample was representative."
I agree with him! You can not give me statistics of whose measures I am not aware of and expect me to treat it as a fact!
However, I do not in any way refuse that our education system in Bongoland is not good..it actually sucks!
Nonetheless, Mr. MkenyaMzalendo, If you had posted this uzi in the jokes forum, ingekuwa sahihi kabisa kuendelea kuwa na the heading you have put.
But, since you claim it as 'not a joke'..it would be nice and supposedly gentleman of you to rename the topic to allow members from both parties to contribute unbiasedly....
This would enable us to talk as East Africans on how to improve our education quality, even if we can not change the systems. As observed in the research you quoted above,
"Dr Ruto says these wide gaps could be
attributed to the schooling levels of parents. "We found that Kenyan parents are more likely to be higher educated than their Ugandan or Tanzanian counterparts, regardless of income.
It could be that these parents are more involved in their children's education."
In
BOLD:
That is something that you and I can play a part in making sure that 5 years from now, if such a research is conducted, results will be tremendously encouraging. You as a parent, a brother, an uncle, grandpa..what are you doing to contribute to your 'children's' education?
Are you just going to sit and laugh at your neighbour's kid who scored 8% in English whilst yours has 16%?
Are you going to sit and relax just because your neighbour is the same as you, or worse?
Think..tafakari, chukua hatua!!!
Natanguliza shukrani...