Kenya government should heed teachers' call

"Ranking," said Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development CEO, Julius Jwan, "is not one of the parameters of learning." Teachers couldn't agree more. Their contention that ranking assumes that all schools are the same or that skills and talents cannot be compared is tried and tested. Moreover, the teachers are in agreement that it is time to do away with the exam-oriented curriculum currently taught in schools.

While abolishing ranking in 2014, then Education CS Jacob Kaimenyi decried the cut-throat competition that had pervaded the schooling system that put undue pressure on learners, teachers and parents for results. Nonetheless, MPs voted last week to reinstate ranking.