Analysis of Socrates’ Credo, “The Unexamined life is not worth living” in relation to learners who fail the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) Examinations
Date
2013Author
Atieno, Kili K’Odhiambo,
Gunga, Samson O.
Akaranga, Stephen I
Language
enMetadata
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Every year when candidates sit Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examinations, a subst
antial
number of candidates do fail to get the required grade that is cons
idered as ‘Pass’. Such failures get grade E
which equates them practically to individuals who never attended school for whatever education altho
ugh
theoretically they are ‘better’ than the latter. This study analyses KCSE examination failings in a
period o
f three
consecutive years (2008
-
2010) in the light of an explication of Socrates’ credo, “The unexamined life is not worth
living”. It is contended that learners have ability to auto
-
evaluate their knowledge and any other external
evaluation of the same is
subservient. It is concluded that the branding of learners as failures by the Kenya
National Examinations Council in KCSE examination
s
is epistemologically fallacious. A learner who sits KCSE
examinations has previously demonstrated academic related prowe
ss in the previous levels of education at home,
nursery and primary education
Citation
Atieno, Kili K’Odhiambo;Gunga, Samson O; Akaranga, Stephen I ;Analysis of Socrates’ Credo, “The U nexamined life is not worth living” in r elation to learners who fail the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) E xaminationsInternational Journal of Humanities and Social Science Vol. 3 No. 21,2013Publisher
University of Nairobi
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