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Why Kenyan schools are wrong about failure

Billionaire Ray Kroc never went to school and spent most of his life working as a salesman. He bought McDonald’s in 1961 for $2.7 million and grew it into a multi-billion-dollar company.PHOTO: COURTESY

My opinion on the KCSE examinations carried by this esteemed paper on January 2, 2017, has solicited lots of feedback. I have been asked to elaborate on entrepreneurship.

An examination is an evaluation. And a student evaluation is an assessment of the service provided by the school, be it solely in the classroom or of all aspects of the learning experience.

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