I am not an educationist, but I would wish to add onto the recent announcement by the education ministry to post "county education directors: 1. The recruitment process must be public and rigorous (to ensure that the right people hired). 2. County government should be directed to allot a minimum $$ towards education to attract the best teachers and develop education programs in their counties supplementing any $$ allocations from the central govt. 3. Allow Counties to form local and international partnerships that will attract investment in the education sector (not sure if this is spelt out in our constitution or not). 4.More child development responsibilities (signing the diary, attending one on one interviews with teachers at least twice a term, etc )must be transferred to parents of children in public schools, just like is the case in many private schools My thoughts, Edwin -----Original Message----- From: kictanet-bounces+eonchari=lynxbits.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke [mailto:kictanet-bounces+eonchari=lynxbits.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of bitange@jambo.co.ke Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2011 6:24 PM To: Edwin Cc: k-internetusers@bdix.net; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions Subject: Re: [kictanet] Vizualisations on Student Teacher Ratio It is our collective responsibility to do something about declining educational standards in our country. Can we make suggestions on way forward? I will take the responsibility of having the Education Ministry do something. Regards. Ndemo. Sent from my BlackBerryR -----Original Message----- From: Francis Hook <francis.hook@gmail.com> Sender: kictanet-bounces+bitange=jambo.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2011 10:44:51 To: <bitange@jambo.co.ke> Cc: k-internetusers@bdix.net<k-internetusers@bdix.net>; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Vizualisations on Student Teacher Ratio _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet Unsubscribe or change your options at http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/bitange%40jambo.co.ke The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications. _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet Unsubscribe or change your options at http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/eonchari%40lynxbits.com The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications. ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.1809 / Virus Database: 2085/4538 - Release Date: 10/04/11