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00 MAL 11/16 APRIL
Marketing Africa Magazine
R
ecently Kenyans were again treated to the
annual circus that accompanies the release of
the KCSE results. A bit earlier we had had
another hullabaloo with an equally vibrant dance
and drama that accompanied the release of the of the
KCPE results.
Of course the fiesta mood for these educational Oscars
was dampened by the absence of the all important
ranking of schools which gave schools an excuse for
bragging rights and parents another reason to stress if
you cannot get your child into an ‘A’ list school.
The absence of official ranking did not deter our media
from finding ways of creatively ranking schools and
sparking yet another debate on the merits and demerits
of examination ranking. We still got to know which
schools produce the best results.
From where we seat it sometimes appears that the
only person who seemed to have had his head screwed
on right was that abrasive Education Secretary who
banned the rankings in the first place. The gentleman
thought right but could not explain it right.
The current Secretary, who is equally abrasive as his
predecessor is bent on reintroducing the ranking as
he sees no justification in their banning in the first
instance. Of course there is the usual social and political
clamour to have the rankings back. Counties have to
justify existence.
Our position is not whether we are pro or against
school rankings, we can actually find plausible
arguments for both stands and they would all be valid
and logical if taken in isolation. It appears that both
sides could be right.
That argument can however only be conclusively
adjudic