...Well, My kids attend a private school. If were going to a public school I would be a very worried parent. During the teachers' strike, there was that one teacher blowing a horn and sitting on top of a vehicle and somersaulting on the road and looking untidy and appearing like he was under the influence alcohol and vangi combined... Then there was also that lady dancing just like the the one who was celebrating the Nairobi's Mayor's win...Are these the people who are molding our children? Children spent more than 70%of the time at school!!!. KNUT should take action against these unruly teachers. But if you ask me the difference between the KNUT officials and teachers 'is the same' ...There was this teacher reported in the news who was interdicted because, instead of teaching Maths, a subject that he was employed to teach, he spent most of the time in class teaching 'the reproductive organs'

I know of a parent who was called to school to discuss the daughter's poor performance in maths and Kiswahili. In the daughter's presence, she complained to the teacher that she too found maths really difficult when she was in school and wondered how Kiswahili adds value. They don't speak Kiswahili at home anyway. Many parents need a bit more wisdom.

....hear hear!!!

...Who will teach them at home...TV! Parents are away most of the time to make ends meet... ...And on the teachers, many of have relapsed to illiteracy and need retraining or some form of refresher classes. I wonder whether the Ministry of education organizes any refresher courses. When I was a teacher in the early 90's such refresher courses used to be there. Rote learning is still very prevalent in our institutions. I once went to a classroom in North eastern Kenya where in an English class, the pupils were asked by the teacher to repeat this sentence, "The cow is eating grass"...for 5 minutes. I had to stop the teacher and ask him when the 'cow will eat grass'.

Sooo true. The teachers are to blame, the school, the church, neighbors kids etc.. I have come across parents who transfer their children to other schools every time they request. I think also the one and two children per family syndrome is to blame. If a parent has six children, he/she has no time to listen to this nonsense of I want to transfer to this or that school.