The recently concluded 2015 KCSE exams have drawn a lot of commentaries and critics about the quality of education after the candidates seemed to have passed the exams ‘abnormally’ especially those underdogs who scored ‘A’ grades.
Several scholars from top Kenyan universities analyses the reasons as to why they think ‘B’ students are more brainy and creative compared to their counterparts who scored ‘As’ in the same measurement.
- The ‘A’ students appear to be ‘crammy’ and just want to grasp the answer and store it in the brains without have a bother on how the answer was reached to. While the latter would try to ask questions on how the answer was found and enquire more on the same topic to understand better.
- Most ‘B’ students struggle to make ends meet in local schools and the little they get means they can do so much once they are better placed in a fair completion world. Unlike most A students who are better placed in high national schools and with all the available studying materials and even have access to exam materials prior to exam time.
- A students are geared towards passing exams rather than understanding the purpose of being in school in relation to innovations and inventions and a commercial part of life while B students work hard to make their ends in life meet rather than just passing exams.
- A students relax after passing exams waiting for employment and white collar opportunities while B students are challenged to work hard so as to disguise their parents they failed exams.
These analyses were done by
Dr. Hanningtone Gaya a long serving local university lecture
Maxwell Odhiambo, a long serving Principal with 20 years experience
Professor Bernard Njoroge, a deputy Vice Chancellor at the University of Nairobi
By Simon Ingari
