I declined to report to a school that had admitted me with the lower grades. My colleagues who got lower grades and could therefore not join any government joined the then ‘harambee’ schools. Come 1974, for my Advanced Level at FSK, some of those who had been deemed failures and who had joined harambee schools joined me in Form Five. What this means is that: One, failure at lower levels does not necessarily mean one will fail at higher levels; two, success at lower levels does not guarantee success at higher levels. The otherwise deemed failures at CPE who went on to join ‘harambee schools’ and managed to score good marks enabling them to join universities, proves this point.

Source: Standard Digital April 11, 2017 09:22 UTC