Gov't to Abolish Boarding Schools in New Kenyan Education System to Be Rolled Out from January 2019

Where are the government boarding primary schools in Kenya? Its good to have options in education, and the private sector has done a great job on this. The CS should start her model day schools, and also let the private sector develop its models.

I support this move even if l do not know what tertiary education is. I went to boarding school from class four and it distanced me from my family big time. The first years I used to cry my my eyes dry-homesickness. I swore none of my kids would go to boarding schools even secondary.

Whether the Kenyan school system likes it or not: BOARDING Boys👨👨👦or Girl👩👩👩schools are NOT a good Nourishing place for a HETEROSEXUAL Kenya: So 1st abolish Catholic Boys and Girls schools; then all other Non-mixed schools. Let MIXED Boarding Schools remain (for Boys and Girls to Grow up knowing how to Co-Excist in a Normal way before they Get married). Meanwhile: Scrapping Boarding schools just like that (to me) is a Tall order.

But boarding schools have existed without these incidences of indispline,such as primary schools burning property. Could this be a case of their needs not being met?And could this largely be a result of moral decadence in th ne society?In that case their is not much parents could do that the school is not doing. Time to collectively re evaluate where we went off the track,and take corrective measures otherwise these problems are not going away.Its not a parental problem but societal.There are many good parents out there,but in my opinion,the bad ones out number them.My two cents.

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pre-primary stage, six years of primary education, three years in junior Secondary School, three in senior Secondary level and a further three years of tertiary education. too many institutions of learning from 3 to six...we had primary secondary then university/college before implementing do a thorough research. it might not work in Kenya

Now you are talking Amina! boarding schools have become a nursery of crimes . at my time 40 years ago there was discipline .

Wachini upuzi. Let the parents decide whether they want to take their children to boarding school or not. If you can afford to pay for it why not.

That is where the are inducted into immoral behaviours, i.e substance misuse, corruption of nipe in Kupe, under age sex na kathalika. I am not against it as long as it's well run with discipline at the core. Lakini in the Kenya it is today, watoto hawana heshima and this comes from the parents too. When we have the Akothe's of this world exchanging obscenities with their child and call that the new norm....well, how is such a child to react in the face of discipline demanded by other adults, e.g teachers?

The problem is not boarding schools. The problem is discipline. Deal with the problems from it roots. Being is day school or boarding school means nothing if the kids do not have discipline.

The government should conduct a good research to inform the change in education system. I went through Kenyan education system and now I have taught in a high school in USA, I can tell you the issue of indiscipline is all time high here in US where 99% of schools are day. Rarely do you find a boarding school here but you have heard of school shootings, drugs and of 60% drop out levels. Kids come in class with phones and never listen to teachers. When I am standing in a US classroom I remember the days of corporal punishment in nostalgia. Sorry I am old school but I can tell you nothing works better than the cane. Used sparingly and responsibly, corporal punishment could easily solve some of these perennial problems in tertiary education.

Huwezi kuamka siku moja na kuamua kufanya jambo ambalo hujalifikiria au kuamua matokeo yake hasa kwenye siku za usoni (in thelong run).

Watu wanaomlinda rais wa Marekani (secret service) huanza mapema kuhakikisha usalama wa rais atakaposafiri kwa kufuata taratibu hizi.

1. Planning
2. Preparation
3. Delivery

Je, Amina amepanga kutosha au kujitayarisha ipasavyo au ameamua tu kusema, "watoto wasilale shuleni" bila kufuata taratibu ambayo haitaleta mambo ya ghafula na kuigutua elimu ya wanafunzi mwakani?

Maxiley, I think Kenya answered your question unwittingly. More to the point, peer pressure is a reality and it gnaws at all corners of society. Good versus bad, inadequate parenting versus....It's a no brainer, really.

I never liked boarding school despite joining one later in form 1. I struggled with homesickness, even when i was in Form 6. Felt much better in college. Most kids turned out ok then in those early years. I hear it is now another world with some out there experiences. Decided not to send my kids to any at a younger age. I just used the option as a small threat to make my son to wake up, lol. Was a sacrifice due to the hectic Nairobi life with school going kids & childcare. Now that i know more, i realize these are a child's formative years where parental guidance, provision, nurturing, assurance, & emotional support are important to personality development. However, as much as i think abolishing boarding schools may be good, i still wonder if it can work in Kenya given that schools are not concentrated locally to accommodate day scholars. All the best planners!

Necessary to achieve "access to quality education for all" and stem out the teaching-to-the-exam techniques employed by most of those schools.

The government is doing everything possible to kill the generation. I strongly and perpendicularly differ with this foolish move. No child has ever been forced to join boarding school, it is always an individual choice since there are both daycase and boarding schools. If you reason so, what of those children with unstable parentage and homes who only benefit from boarding scholarships. Compare the results of boarding schools and day schools. Why is it that private schools are ever leading in national exams. Because of the fooling and frustrating rules set by the blind ministry. They then go ahead covering their mess by changing the whole examination and education system. Last year they set below standard exams to have high scores! What a shame!

Which weed are our educational stakeholders are using nowadays. don't destroy our future for your personal greed.

Ala!so kila MTU asomee kwao, tribalism comes in like this.a child in northeastern will be forced to traverse the hot and rough terrain to get to a distant school,
Those that are called national schools will be left for the kids nearby hence bringing about discrimination,look,how many schools have laptops or even computer programmes in school?will a child in the remotest part of the so called marginalized zones get access to better education which is always got at schools like mang'oi,alliance etc?
Some things are Impossible

Bring back the system where a child would be taught and get disciplined by their teachers,corporal punishment will bring back the lost glory in schools.

If I had an answer to that question Maxwell, I would be a millionaire by now. I don't know why the good peer pressure does not overtake the negative, but then again, I have never worked out why Eve never resisted the forbidden fruit despite the riches surrounding her... In a nutshell Maxwell, you are asking me questions and answering them yourself bro! Yawn!...topic becoming a little stale! Sorry, don't mean to be rude, just never been good at debating the obvious....

Dada mwislamu Amina. Naona una uwezo ambao unaweza kupiga marufuku shule za bweni (boarding school) Kenya mara moja. Tafadhali piga marufuku ufundishaji wa somo la dini katika shule zote za Kenya kuanzia Januari, mwaka ujao na badala yake utilie mkazo (emphasize) masomo ya sayansi, ufundi, na teknolojia.

something like that will interfere with learning programmes of mostly big private schools, mototo akiwa mbali na wazazi anajipa hekima zaidi,hata wazazi wata hisi uchungu kwa ma'Amina.

they should all go since where this formal education came from this is not the practice, children stay home and only leave when going to collage. they were started in this part of the world by missionaries because they wanted us to get an education yet we didn't have enough schools and they were far apart.

I may agree with some of the comments but no one is touching on the issue of too many rights given to children by the Govt which are making them feel as if they are free to do anything they feel like.

there is something sinister in this move. I think the ministry is frustrated.there are questions they cannot answer.why is it that private Schools are always above par and have limited resources.how many public schools are boarding ? the ministry should not try to wittingly to finish private schools. how many parents can very their children to and fro to their school of choice.i think there are no private children.Amb.Amina please have a second thought