Ndunda asked the acting Minister for Higher Education Helen Sambili to intervene saying the move has compromised quality of education in the country yet CHE has not seen the need to stop the courses at the universities.

Speaking over the weekend at Tengecha Girls’ Secondary School in Bureti constituency during the school’s parents / prize giving day, Ndunda observed that the country will not realize vision 2030 and Millennium Development Goals if education that is being offered at higher learning institutions is not controlled.

“Why offer certificates and diploma courses at the universities when we have middle level colleges? The move is creating unnecessary congestions at the universities, a thing that has compromised the standard of education,” KNPA chairman quipped.

He said he attended one of the graduation ceremonies at one of the public universities and he was shocked to see that 75 per cent of those graduating were those of certificates and diplomas.

Ndunda unleashed scathing attack on the government for having failed to control CHE which he said had become a toothless dog.

“If the government is serious about the quality of education for development, it should address the matter immediately without any further delay,” said Ndunda.

Bureti District Education Officer Joshua Kisuya, former Permanent Secretary in the ministry of Lands and Settlement Josiah Sang and KNAP Assistant Organizing Secretary Samwel Koros attended the meting.

The association’s chairman at the same time called for scrapping of 8-4-4 system of education arguing that system was exams oriented. He said that schools in the country were only competing for glory; a move he said was not healthy for the development of the country.

Ndunda observed that the system was churning out school dropouts who have nowhere to go saying there is need to have a system that prepare school going children for the job market.

“The current system is churning out over 250,000 drop outs yearly without any skill. The country needs a system of education that prepares school going children for the job market like in Western countries.” He said.

He proposed that a curriculum be developed to enable students to specialize in professional courses like it is being done in the develop countries.

The former PS, Josiah Sang, called on parents to take education of the girl-child seriously and discard practices that hampered development of the girl child.