I think this article has shown the failure of our education system and a possible reason why our society is so chronically corrupt.

http://www.nation.co.ke/...0808/900920/-/158abwt/-/

@Sage..interesting that you bring this up. Recently, had a discussion about how the current education system has slowly promoted tribalism unlike in the olden days...One goes to primary school in his home village (not bad, since choice is limited), but then maintains the same trend through high/secondary school and now goes to such universities as Kisii University, Mt. Kenya University, Great Lakes University etc...Hata hizi universities would have been given Natinal names...you take?

To all who have contributed to this topic!! The problem is Kenya is not the education system. Infact we have a good education system save for its huge work load. The problem is a *CLASS* issue, i talked about this in another post on the health insurance i would like to see in Kenya some times back. I hope you will not mind so i can delve into this class issue. We have the *HAVES* & *HAVE-NOTS*, the problem lies with the classes defining which schools they enrol their children, which doctors treat them, where they eat etc etc that may be ok and i have no problem with that. The problem is that in Kenya the class issue is used negatively and if i give an example of the schooling system..... Only the children of the poor are attending crowded classes which leads to increased drop-out rates. In Kenya, 5 to 10 years to come without a graduate degree it will be impossible to get a meaningful job. However, if the class of HAVE-NOTS children drop out of school then a vicious cycle of the poor becoming poorer is maintained.
The other problem i have with the class issue is *profiling*, whereby systematically people who are supposed to encourage others take the discouragement route until that that time the discouraged person submits. In this particular class is where...employees of *Muhindi Class*. These group of persons are the most depressed lot because the Muhindi shouts, calls names to his/her employees to the point that they expect nothing can come out of the them.... once a person reaches this step.... i say only God can help them.
I work in the Medical/Health sector so i cannot forget this sector. The government has failed in its role here... let me explain. It is like the doctors in some hospitals went to some medical schools whilst others did not though they are qualified with similar qualifications.