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"content": "“listen, why is it that if you are smart enough to get those things, why can you not simply go and sit for the examination and get this KCSE C+? Why do you not just do it?” The second point is this, Mr. Speaker, Sir. The fact that somebody goes and gets a university degree or a Diploma in Education does not necessarily mean that, that person is of necessity going to become a teacher. A diploma or a degree in whatever subject simply qualifies you are a person who is educated, but it does not necessarily qualify you to teach. In fact, there are very few political scientists in this Senate, yet we all come from very different areas as politicians. It does not follow that what you study--- You can be a journalist and study nuclear physics. Therefore, the understanding is that those who may want to pursue a degree in education and may not themselves have C+ is because, maybe, they want to become entrepreneurs and owners of schools, and so on; and so forth. These are options. Talking about options, these people have options. However, the easiest option for those who may wish, indeed, to be teachers, is to get the C+. I support what Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale said here; that there are institutions which are clearly taking advantage of ignorance in our societies and giving degrees. The only issue is that the TSC does not train the teachers. The TSC simply hires the teachers once they have been trained. Consequently, they hire those with the qualifications that they have set. The TSC does not have the authority or, indeed, the means by which they can go and tell universities; “please recruit teacher trainees for us who only have C+.” They have set the standards, they have published them and they have made them aware. Now, if a university takes somebody who has got a D, as Sen. Karaba said, what you cannot expect them to be in this day and age in this country today is to be teachers; never mind that they might be trained in the profession of teaching, because that is just the rule. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the issue of the unsuspecting members of the public and compensation, there is the rule of thumb that operates generally in commercial sector; it is called; “buyer beware.” In other words, as a parent and as a student, before you go to an institution of learning, there are two responsibilities; the first responsibility is that the institution itself should be vetted and we should be sure that, that institution can guarantee that it can give the education that it purports to give. The second responsibility is for those individuals attending those institutions; surely, they must do some little due diligence. You cannot today just wake up, go to an institution – never mind that nobody has ever said anything about the institution – get an education and then tomorrow, demand that the Government pays you because you went to an institution that was not qualified. If we did that, tomorrow, people will simply set up shop all over the place for students to go there and read, not because of education, but to get the compensation that the Government will be giving! Therefore, Mr. Speaker, Sir---"
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