15/01/2026
Update
STOP SENDING FORM FOUR LEAVERS BACK TO HIGH SCHOOL. THAT THINKING IS FLAWED.
Just because a Form Four leaver didn’t get a B+
does NOT mean they should go back to high school.
That mindset is outdated.
And honestly, very misguided.
You don’t fix the future by going backwards.
If someone got a C, C-, or D,
it doesn’t mean they failed life.
It simply means university was not their path.
And that is okay.
What matters today is ability, not grades.
Skills pay.
Papers don’t—by default.
I just paid a mechanic KES 1,500 for a simple service.
That same mechanic can serve 5 clients a day.
That’s KES 7,500 daily.
From one skill.
No university.
No resits.
No uniforms.
Yet some parents think the solution is: “Rudi high school urekebishe grade.”
For what?
So we delay adulthood?
So we chase validation?
So the village can say “amerudia”?
That thinking is broken.
Technical skills matter.
Plumbing.
Electrical work.
Mechanics.
Welding.
Carpentry.
Digital skills.
These people are working.
They are earning.
They are needed.
If a child didn’t qualify for university,
don’t punish them by forcing a system that already rejected them.
Redirect them.
Skill them.
Support them.
University is not the only path.
And it is not the smartest path for everyone.
The world pays for value, not grades.
Stop going backwards.
Start building skills.
Think about that.
