Date Posted: 1/29/2013 5:45:06 AM
Posted By: jullieflavia Membership Level: Gold Total Points: 2188
The Kenyan education system has been blamed for a number of things that the country and the citizens feel should be addressed. This slow implementation of the plans that are targeted at bringing reforms in the education sector has led to many people preferring to acquire education from other countries.Uganda has been one of these countries in the east African region that is preferred for higher education by Kenyans. The reasons vary from one end to the other. The Kenyan education system could help reduce this trend if they could copy the good aspects that are in the Ugandan system.There are a number of lessons Kenya can learn from Ugandan system of education, for instance, apart from offering free primary education, the government should ensure that both genders get equal educational opportunities by campaigning against early marriages for girls which deny them an opportunity to learn for some communities. Uganda, after universal primary education (UPE) was introduced, there was a rule that the ratio of girls to boys who benefited from this system was to be 1:1 and there was also a media campaign for girl’s education and against early marriages which increased attendance and helped retain girls in school. Free education should be extended even to the secondary level to increase transition rate and offer more opportunities to students who would like to proceed to secondary schools but cannot afford fees. Uganda introduced free secondary education in year 2007 which benefited those who qualified to join government secondary schools. The administration could also break the 4 years of secondary education into 2 years for junior secondary and other 2 for senior secondary so that those who are unable to proceed to the next level can go for vocational training instead of going through the 4 years and then go for vocational training thereby spending a lot of time in school. We should have children with special learning needs incorporated into normal schools so that they can relate well with other children without special needs, learn from one another and appreciate each other and also assist another. In Uganda children with special learning needs are incorporated into normal schools through the policy of inclusive education and they have many teachers trained to special needs education. Kenya could also borrow from the Ugandan non-formal education program. In Uganda, this caters for the youths who missed the chance to go to regular primary schools for various reasons such as economical and environmental difficulties as well as political conflicts, this will increase the level of literacy in the country.
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