Use IQ tests, not degrees, to determine aspirants’ suitability

The election season is here with us again. In four months, we shall elect people who will determine many things in our lives. The current election laws require leaders in executive positions like governors and president or their deputies to have a minimum of a basic degree. I think this requirement is misplaced because acquiring a degree does not prove an individual’s intellectual capacity. The proliferation of universities has reduced the quality of education. Education has also been commercialised.

Sadly, this trend of putting money first has not spared public institutions. I have several times interviewed people who claim to hold a university degree for a job but find they can hardly construct a proper sentence in English or Kiswahili.