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ELIMU YETU
NAIROBI July 2, 2010 by Naliston Kibuthu
A former Mp has today lamented over the deteriorating quality of education in the country.
Speaking today during the launch of Elimu Yetu Coalition (EYC) report Prof. Ruth Oniang’o attributed the low quality education on teacher, pupil ratio which she noted that the number of pupils was too high for the teachers to handle.
“I don’t see how 100 students, in one class with one teacher can access quality education with such congestions” she said
She said that the country was importing labour from other countries as a result of poor education it has been providing
.
“Quality education will enable our people to become competitive in the world labour market,” she said.
She further added that every child in the country should have access to quality education regardless of their physical, social, economic, cultural, religious& gender or any other status.
She urged the leaders to implement and honor their pledges during and after campaigns.
She also called upon the EYC to partner with the Media citing that they have the power of the pen all Kenyans and to they should include the right to vote in their future report.
Statistics from the report indicate that the sector has been greatly affected by unresolved issues such as post –election violence, drought and the eminent effect of global economic meltdown. This state of affair was blamed on combination of political indifferences, weak domestic policies and the failure of government across the world to tackle deep and persistence inequalities in education.
EYC has been working for the past ten years in education sector in campaigning for the rights to quality basic Education For All (EFA) and monitoring delivery goal of EFA and targets within the framework of Kenya Education Sector Support Program.
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ELIMU YETU
NAIROBI July 2, 2010 by Naliston Kibuthu
A former Mp has today lamented over the deteriorating quality of education in the country.
Speaking today during the launch of Elimu Yetu Coalition (EYC) report Prof. Ruth Oniang’o attributed the low quality education on teacher, pupil ratio which she noted that the number of pupils was too high for the teachers to handle.
“I don’t see how 100 students, in one class with one teacher can access quality education with such congestions” she said
She said that the country was importing labour from other countries as a result of poor education it has been providing
.
“Quality education will enable our people to become competitive in the world labour market,” she said.
She further added that every child in the country should have access to quality education regardless of their physical, social, economic, cultural, religious& gender or any other status.
She urged the leaders to implement and honor their pledges during and after campaigns.
She also called upon the EYC to partner with the Media citing that they have the power of the pen all Kenyans and to they should include the right to vote in their future report.
Statistics from the report indicate that the sector has been greatly affected by unresolved issues such as post –election violence, drought and the eminent effect of global economic meltdown. This state of affair was blamed on combination of political indifferences, weak domestic policies and the failure of government across the world to tackle deep and persistence inequalities in education.
EYC has been working for the past ten years in education sector in campaigning for the rights to quality basic Education For All (EFA) and monitoring delivery goal of EFA and targets within the framework of Kenya Education Sector Support Program.
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