Bahati Member of Parliament Kimani Ngunjiri, has lashed out at the ministry of education for having what he terms as a vendetta against private schools that perform well.
Ngunjiri said that the ‘biased’ form one selection process clearly indicated that the government was out to intimidate private schools.
Yesterday morning he met private school heads from Nakuru town. Ngunjiri said that it was not the mistake of private schools for having well-performing students, and he urged the government to stop what he termed as their 'open bias' towards private schools.
“It makes no sense for the ministry of education to allocate only 22% of national school slots to private schools while public ones get the biggest chunk. The truth is that the number of students who performed well in private schools was higher compared to the ones in public schools, and denying them an opportunity to join national schools is unfair," Ngunjiri said.
Ngunjiri added that the private sector has invested a lot in education and treating private schools unfairly will discourage many people from investing in private schools.
"The government must use the old open selection system and stop showing hatred towards private schools and if anything the government must learn a lesson from private schools to find ways of improving performance in public schools,” said Ngunjiri.
Ngunjiri mentioned that private schools had invested a lot in their schools and this sort of investment was what made them perform better. He advised the goverment to encourage more people to invest in private schools instead of discouraging them.
The private schools heads had met the MP to ask him to oppose what they saw as an unfair form one selection process. the school heads hope that he might get through to parliament and force the Ministry of Education to revert to the old system.