After attaining various grades in their Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education form four leavers have been called upon to be extra cautious while choosing the courses they want to pursue in colleges and universities as it will determine their fate in future.
The Kimilili sub County secondary schools heads association chairman John Wakwabubi said advised students to ensure they correctly choose what they are supposed to pursue in relation to the grades they got.
Wakwabubi who is also the principal of Chesamisi high school said it is disheartening that some of the students who scored highly fear pursuing courses such as medicine saying they must be able to transform the grades they got in to lucrative careers.
He also encouraged parents whose students have the passion and ability to pursue highly flanked courses yet they have not been selected in the categories by the joint admission board to consider admitting their students on parallel saying it will give them an opportunity to partake their dream careers.
Wakwabubi encouraged those who did not attain the minimum grade to join universities to join middle level colleges and can at a later stage upgrade their education.
His sentiments were echoed by Mbakalo High School principal Habil Malika who called upon parents to support their children to pursue higher education saying the country currently is depended on educated people in the job market.
Malika further urged parents not to discriminate the girl child against the boy child in education matters saying they both have a right to education as per the constitution of Kenya.
On his part the principal of Sikhendu mixed school Justus Wafula said with the devolution government in place many job opportunities have showed up at the County level especially in the skilled labor sector saying with children joining youth polytechnics and middle level colleges they stand a chance of being employed or be self employed.
Elsewhere speaking at a funds drive at Kibisi secondary school in Tongaren Sub County architect Bernard Nakitare said education stakeholders should organize for forums of guiding the students on best courses to pursue saying some careers they choose are unmarketable.
He added that they should be able to study the job market and opportunities available before they venture in the courses saying they should focus on careers that may be self employing rather than being exclusively employed
