Honourable Paul Ongili, alias Babu Owino is a tree within the storm after he came out and started free online classes for the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education Exams that begins that began this month of October. The storm is that the legislature is facing criticism over his involvement in the teaching career.
As it stands out to be, learners are in dire need of knowledge since the grand exams are assumed to be significant determinant of every candidates dreams. Usually, this creates intense atmosphere among them, thanks yo Babu Owino who is of goodwill and ready to share the available knowledge with the candidates.
Basically, Babu Owino is right and rhetorically arguing he is right, with attempts to judge both sides of the coin, this article takes the tail side of a coin to trail Babu Owino's pedagogic approach, to subtly tread on pragmatic route.
To begin with, the total population of this year's candidates is 3,424,836 million including those of the lower levels in the education system cadre, generally, comprehensive schools.
However, those sitting for Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education exams which is form four, are 996,078 candidates.
Is Babu Owino, helping the candidates or is it that he is teaching a wider class who are not preparing themselves for the KCSE exams?
During his online class, the legislature, surpassed a million views across his social media platforms yet the total number of students sitting for the KNEC's exams are not exceeding a million?
Reasoning superficially, the entire class of 2025 were well reached and can appreciate, but should we fail to pan for gold and do a statistical analysis of internet coverage in Kenya, accessibility to smartphones, availability of the money to purchase credit or bundles? It is imperative to ask as this helps in monitoring and evaluating the success of any project of the ilk.
It is worth noting that, entire in most schools the rule of 'mobile phone out of bound,' or it illegality is applied, in addition, there are those who stays in boarding schools including that standard community school which during exams would demand all form four students to board so as to save the little time they have.
Considering the level of strictness in the rules that learners are required to abide by, both at home and in the hands of their teachers, there is no guarantee that all learners if not half can be reached with online classes.
Moreover, a politician remains with the tag of a politician and nothing justify his act of teaching, perhaps another day to put on the weighing beam consequentialism and deontology.
One of the moral ethics and code of conduct for teachers is that they should perform their duties without politically affiliated or they shouldn't join politics while still on their duty.
Babu Owino flout some of these Teachers Service Commission's provision but perhaps the commission is incapacitated to apprehend online individuals or tame fake teachers or citizen-cum-teachers.
Inasmuch, teaching and imparting learners with knowledge is unquestionable, the results should worry a lot rather than courting followers to stream for an online class.
It is not about teaching, it is about who you are teaching and are they really getting impacted?
The suffraged populace whose presence is online should not lure one into making bad decisions.
Wishing all the Candidates success in their exams.
BY OKECH DON
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