Choosing the Right School in Kenya: What Are the Benchmarks?

Abstract

The dynamic nature of the environment in which the education process takes has meant that the education system itself has to be transformed regularly in order to remain relevant and useful to the Kenyan society. Efforts to change the process of education have aimed at improving its effectiveness. Therefore, stakeholders in education are asking what the benchmarks in choosing the right school? This paper reflects on a number of characteristics of a good school which contributes, in the highest possible degree towards the realization of the aims of education and more so, to the preparation of the young people for the future. The paper contends that there are a variety of factors; The major ones being the stakeholders in education, choosing the right school, the teacher, the type of curriculum, discipline, learning/teaching facilities and support of parents and the community, among others. Education, and by extension the school, is a dynamic process. It is usually influenced by changes in the society, which tend to create new demands on it. This paper sets out to discuss the benchmarks in choosing the right school and the way forward for schools in this millennium in Kenya.