Is it a gap in the education system or our children are being trained to be the real definition of bookworm?
Kenyans have been shocked by the crazy requirements set by a school institution that asks children to buy 32 textbooks each.
More shocking that in a post shared by BBC journalist Larry Madowo, he reveals that the students are not even allowed to share.
The culture of student being bombarded by books is not even a guarantee for good grades.
Madowo says that his niece was asked to buy all those textbooks and even though her cousin is in the same class, they are not allowed to share.
From what I know, public schools mostly do not have the privilege to have enough books and most are used to sharing.
These requirements have attracted a lot of reactions from Kenyans who say that not wanting kids to share books is just wrong.
Currently, parents are already struggling to feed kids, let alone buy their uniforms and some say that schools are burdening more with books and aprons for silly graduation ceremonies.
Some have even suggested that an inquiry into the matter should be conducted to establish whether the school managers operate either a bookshop or a publishing house.
More concern has been raised over whether this is a scam; while others said that it does not make sense for a primary school child to read 3 books under the same subject.
Have a look at some of the reactions.
A Kenyan primary school has asked my niece to buy 32 textbooks. Her cousin is in the same class but they’re not allowed to share pic.twitter.com/cpqXxXCI7n
— Larry Madowo (@LarryMadowo) January 9, 2019
When is she defending her thesis????
— Kung’u ka Wambui (@BanditEconomy) January 9, 2019
Is he/she joining the school as a teacher? pic.twitter.com/vAGWa5QH4L
— KIBE HuM ?? (@kibe_hum) January 9, 2019
It’s crazy! A teacher who most probably never used a HB pencil until they were in teachers college, is now insisting that your play group kid MUST only come to school with HB pencils…
— Odinga Lanyo (@KevinLanyo) January 9, 2019
We need to investigate the “spotlight ” publishers. Nearly all private primary school head teachers are asking us to buy these books. @FredMatiangi
— Nicholas Ronnoh (@nick2011rono) January 9, 2019