Gatuanyaga MCA Joseph Kahira. [Photo: facebook.com]Gatuanyaga MCA Joseph Kahira has warned parents against taking their children to 'backstreet' colleges saying they risk losing their money and children’s time.
Kahira, speaking at Gatunyaga shopping centre on Tuesday, said that parents continue to lose money to colleges that have not been registered and their children cannot secure jobs because they lack sufficient training.
“Parents are selling their assets to educate their children and the end of the day they carry home a worthless piece of paper in the name of a certificate,” Kahira said.He noted that many of these colleges will be seeking to take advantage of last year's poor KCSE performance to enrol students who 'failed' for 'ghost courses'.
“Courses that rage from three days to some few weeks will be on offer while in other colleges students will be issued with certificates while still studying. These are fake institutions that parents must avoid by all means," he said.
He called on the government to shield parents and students from what he termed as 'academic conmanship'.This is as he urged colleges to train what they have been accredited for while calling for the immediate closure of all schools that have not been registered.Is there a newsworthy accident, incident or event happening in Kiambu that you want Hivisasa to cover? Tell us what is happening by joining this group and have it published.