Amina should enlist educationists for better learning outcomes

The IQ test was invented by Alfred Binet, a Frenchman. The commonly held belief is that the IQ test was invented to measure the intelligence of children. That was not the purpose for which the IQ test was invented. It was invented to determine the children not benefiting from the public schools in Paris so that new education programmes could be designed to put these children back on track. The IQ test was never meant to apply as a permanent marker of ability or inability.

The statements by Fred Matiang’i before the Parliamentary Committee concerning the Judiciary may have come as a surprise to a cross-section of Kenyans. However, they are symptomatic of his stint in the Ministry of Education. During his tenure the failure of students in exams became touted as his success as Cabinet Secretary. His star shone by dimming the lights of the future of thousands of candidates and in shattering their parents’ dreams of a better future for their children.