Fresh Presidential elections reveal the deplorable State of public schools
In Kenya, primary schools are commonly used by the electoral commission for the electorate to cast votes because every community has one.
However, the intriguing factor besides the elections. What is rarely seen is the deplorable state of the school’s infrastructure spread across the nation.
#KenyaElection produced a wealth of imagery. Schools were often used as polling stations and they are a contrast to the high tech election. pic.twitter.com/xCVhUOLhcp
— Sochin Limited (@sochinagency) October 27, 2017
We saw pictures of empty schools used as polling stations. But did we see how poor the learning conditions are? THAT alone speaks volumes.
— Francis Hook (@FrankHook) October 27, 2017
When will we ever have a conversation about the state of public (mostly) primary schools, that were majority of the polling stations.
— Bruce 🇰🇪 (@ngwata_) October 26, 2017
Often, we are keen to know the performance indicators of a region. How many children got 400 marks and above? How many from public schools? How many from private academies? How many pupils got over 350- 400 marks and equally how many of those from public schools and how many from the private academies?
How did the boys and girls fare in the category of over 400 marks and over 350- 400 marks? How many pupils qualified to go to National schools? How many to Provincial schools? How many to District schools and how many though qualified may end up missing Form One and vice verse for the secondary schools.
Education remains the only potent instrument of transforming the socio-economic conditions and its a wake-up call to also start interrogating the infrastructure of these schools. How conducive are they?
The shocking physical state of educational facilities is that they are invariably dirty, unkempt, stinking, falling apart, leaking, and congested.
I’m pleased that despite the calls of “no reforms, no elections”,every polling station in Machakos has had people voting. pic.twitter.com/VVBhQmW6If
— Dr.Alfred Mutua (@DrAlfredMutua) October 26, 2017
Meet the man who managed to tarmac 500km road in 30days and failed to cement the classroom floor of his own community and village school😬😬😬 pic.twitter.com/96P5eHKDrA
— John Juma (@JohnJuma_) October 26, 2017