Ms Mkenya wrote:And the standardization..
Now this is another stupid invention of the ministry of Education. If your kid schooled in Nairobi and other selected towns, he is deducted marks because of the
inherent advantages of his surroundings - he is more "exposed". Your kid gets 430 but his results read 402. Meanwhile, someone in another part of the country gets 382 and his results read 412! Now, woe unto you if your kid [In Nairobi] was attending a private school. He now needs higher marks to go to his school of choice - never mind his marks have already been deducted!!! Now imagine that the private school he attended is actually one of those "private schools" in the slums sandwiched between a bar and an open air market and his teachers were high school drop outs!
One person [trying to be funny] asked why the ministry doesn't add Nairobi kids marks in Kiswahili because they are the most affected by sheng. They should also reduce the Kiswahili marks for Coast kids. All in the spirit of standardization!!!
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