Why the disconnect between education and success hurts

Grade six pupils follow through rice cooking practicals and processes at Mully Children's primary school in Matuu, Machakos County on October 05, 2022, in preparation for their final exams to Junior secondary education. [Denish Ochieng, Standard]

Of the many questions posed to CS nominees during their vetting, one posed to Education CS nominee Ezekiel Machogu stood out. The question by Saboti MP Caleb Amisi was simple: 'There's a disconnect between success and education, something that is discouraging children; that the most successful people are drop-outs... is this something that bothers you?'

Mr Machogu seemed not to have gotten it properly because if he did, he would not have gone on the wrong tangent of unmarketable courses et cetera.