Education System Part 1

What can l say....am so impressed with the new government choice of cabinet. Finally we have a government that appreciates education/professionalism.For a moment l was beginning to wander if education is becoming an endangered species.....if there is anything like that. With so many people stating,it doesn't matter if one is educated or not.This has gone as far as the pulpit and worried me.Am not saying one cannot succeed without education,by all means you can and they are t-shirts to show for it.My problem is when people in authority sought of discourage the upcoming generation in regards education. In my opinion those people have missed the point,there is nothing wrong with being educated,,,,it is the system and the motive. Why does one need education? Is it for success? Is it to get/earn more money? Is it for prestige? Is it to gain more knowledge? Just why do you need to be educated???

According to wikipedia definition.....
Education in its general sense is a form of learning in which knowledge, skills, and habits of a group of people are transferred from one generation to the next through teaching, training, research. Generally, it occurs through any experience that has a formative effect on the way one thinks, feels, or acts.

Again let me ask,what is education? Is it knowledge in basic skills, academics, technical disciplines, citizenship…or is it something else? Our formal education system says only the academic basics are important, emphasizing the collection of knowledge without understanding its value. What about the processing of knowledge—using inspiration, visionary ambitions, creativity, risk, motivation and the ability to bounce back from failure? These skills are associated with understanding the value of knowledge, but many education institutions don’t consider these skills. There is a huge, disconnected gap, which is a problem for most "educated" people.

With this...l think l somehow understand why the people considered "less educated" have achieved so much regardless....They know how to research, collect information for a selected project and process knowledge.
 On the otherhand...the so "highly educated" went through a classroom environment that focuses on the collection of knowledge without a clear purpose, other than high class grades. If the purpose does not motivate, other than to please the teacher, then there is nothing to process outside of memorizing answers for test. The typical student is academic challenged while being motivation starved. Lack of motivation is lack of knowledge processing skills. The typical college graduate will have a professional skill that supplies life’s basic needs, that’s all.
Our education system states anyone who does not have the ability to put clear thoughts on paper is labeled a failure. All natural skills, including knowledge processing, does not count. The fact is, what is exercised grows stronger, what is ignored stays dormant. The classroom exercises the collection of academics leaving all other natural skills in the closet.
Just so you know the test does not measure intelligence or ability, it does not measure how the mind processes information, how motivating experiences develop persistence, or how the mind sorts out instincts, opinions, evaluations, possibilities, alternatives. Knowledge by itself has no value, it is like a dictionary filled with words. Words by themselves have no value, it is the process of stringing them together that gives them value.
How they are strung together determines the level of value. Now our education system is becoming a system that memorizes the dictionary. When students have memorized selected knowledge, then they will be given a one-day test, based on dictionary knowledge, which will influence employment opportunity for the rest of their life. Natural skills are not considered. Is this how Kenya will became the worlds' economic leader in Africa? NO!!!!!!! Knowledge only has value when used with a process and process in an artificial environment is not predictable or measurable.
 I will write more of this in the next blog..............