Enough now with the teachers’ strike, parents and children alike have cried for far too long but still the government seems not so concerned on the issue.
It is a no wonder education as a matter of fact is losing value in Kenya as time goes by.
Despite the fact that parents are sacrificing all the leisure they could have to let their children acquire quality education, still the much dedicated teachers are not being appreciated as they deserve.
The Ministry of Education and stakeholders in the education sector should be more vigilant and in the front line in highlighting facts to the government that education is not cheap in Kenya as it may be perceived by many.
Take for instance a child from a humble background who wants to undertake law as a career of choice.
Of course the college fee is a great problem, but for a dedicated parent he or she would do whatever it takes to take their child through the required 8-4-4 system through thick and thin only to be disappointed on seeing our learned friends later on moving around busy town streets protesting over either low pay, delayed salary payment or apparent lack of performance appraisal.
It is a pity how our government in this time and age does not show respect to the education givers and knowledge imparters, who happen to be our low paid teachers right from nursery schools to lecturers at our most prominent universities who are always at logger heads with either the Ministry of Education or the government over an issue or two for lack of appreciation for the great work they do dedicating most of their precious time eliminating ignorance from our children wholeheartedly.
A little more appreciation to teachers, tutors and lecturers will not only help them but parents too will enjoy the fruits of educating their children.
School dropouts will feel the need to go back to school and acquire what they had missed on.
Joblessness will be reduced, crime rates will go down and obviously country will boast of more knowledgeable, brighter and wiser people.
Only then will everyone give education the value it has always deserved.