<font size="2"><font>The US education system is hardly any better (when contrasted with peers with an equal HDI ranking). Over protection of teachers by unions, skewed incentive structures. I would recommend, for those who have the time, watching the documentary 'Waiting for Superman'. Though there are some controversies, a lot of the info is largely accurate <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waiting_for_superman">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waiting_for_superman</a></font></font><div>
<br></div><div>At the end of the day, the problem with KNUT is that they defend incompetent teachers. TSC also is too inefficient to handle many of the complaints that come in. </div><div><br></div><div>One personal issue I have had with the education system over the last few years. When in high school, I had a teacher. The role of the teacher is not to dictate notes, it's to teach. With a little innovation, any school can offer handouts with all the notes and text references for students, and spend the classes going through the material, engaging the students and ensuring proper learning of the content. However, our teachers have no qualms recycling notes for years on end. In Kenyatta University, one of the lecturers in the business school has not bothered changing his notes from 1990 (when a friend was in KU) to 2006 thereabouts (when I was in KU). The notes were a replica of the 1990 notes. An example of disruptive technology that is given in said notes was a 'radio'. 1925. Meanwhile, the PC, iPod, iPhone, Facebook, Google, iPad etc etc have been disruptive. No wonder we complain that our business people can't catch up. Or journalists. The training (even for IT graduates) is flawed. The education system needs to be revamped. Reworked. And perhaps, people should have a look at the fine work being done by the Aga Khan University (in their new Arusha Campus) to understand exactly how a curriculum should be built around technology and innovation... <br>
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