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Last night, @citizentvkenya did this university education bashing based on speculation.
They said that of the scandalous 143,000 who obtained the entry C+ grade, 15k "chose" not to go to uni, and of those, and 4k "chose" TVET. #CitizenWeekend
They said that of the scandalous 143,000 who obtained the entry C+ grade, 15k "chose" not to go to uni, and of those, and 4k "chose" TVET. #CitizenWeekend
Let's look at the data for a moment.
How did @citizentvkenya decide that the kids who did not pick university did so out of choice? I have personally interacted with kids who didn't do university applications because of misleading information from the school. #CitizenWeekend
How did @citizentvkenya decide that the kids who did not pick university did so out of choice? I have personally interacted with kids who didn't do university applications because of misleading information from the school. #CitizenWeekend
Wouldn't the logical thing to do be for @citizentvkenya to look for those kids and ask them why they are not going to university?
And then, 5k of 150k is 3%. How are 3% a comment on university education? #CitizenWeekend
And then, 5k of 150k is 3%. How are 3% a comment on university education? #CitizenWeekend
There seems to be a clot in the Kenyan brain that blocks people from seperating economic problems from education. The #Somenivijana story of going to school for employment was for an exclusive to the colonial civil service and foreign companies. It was not the general economy.
The British caved in to higher education for Africans because it wanted to train a Kenyan civil service that would serve British interests after 1963. That is why uni education got attached to employment. The civil service is a parasitic enterprise. It doesn't grow the economy.
Because the civil service doesn't grow the economy, it soon ran out of employment positions. That was when they 1) said civil servants were allowed to do business and 2) started this evil propaganda of telling Kenyans "rudi mashambani" and stop seeking employment #somenivijana
When I raised the flag about the sale of Makini and Riara to foreigners, people rudely told me it's simply business and shouldn't concern me.
Truth is, Kenyans thought they would afford those schools and wanted to give their kids an elite education, so screw the public schools.
Truth is, Kenyans thought they would afford those schools and wanted to give their kids an elite education, so screw the public schools.
But with the pandemic, we saw what happened. You could no longer afford the schools, and the owner showed you the finger.
So why would a British elite school buy another school in Kenya when Kenyans can no longer afford them?
Simple.
The schools are not for Kenyans.
So why would a British elite school buy another school in Kenya when Kenyans can no longer afford them?
Simple.
The schools are not for Kenyans.
The British elite schools are expanding to foreign markets, but the world's global elites cant afford prices in Britain in pounds. They can get British elite education cheaper if the go to a Kenyan satellite campus.
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