One of the characteristics of a university is the fact that
one can decide to come to class or not to come. However this rule is trick as
one is required to maintain at least a 20% class attendance as a student. The
big question is, are the same rules applied to the lecturers?
It’s a common practice in Moi University for classes to bounce.
The big question is when the students will get the knowledge if at all the
classes are not attended. According to a report by UNESCO, Kenyan Universities
are among the category of the poorest universities in Africa. Moi University is
ranked number 17. Is very common practice for students to attend a class and a
lecturer does not show up. It’s a clear show of irresponsibility from the
trainers as their major duty is to train the students something which they do
hurriedly after missing a series of classes. Joseph Juma, a third year student
in the school of education said, “ When I was in first year I had a target of a
first class but as by now there are no any hopes of first class honors degree.
The lectures have contributed to my failure because of poor class attendances.”
Somebody somewhere is sleeping on their job. Should the students
form a monitoring body dealing with class attendances? if so what action can students
take against lecturers who fail to come to class?
Kombo I think it's good that students should form a monitoring body dealing with class attendances.Remember we were confronted with a similar situation last semester where a lecturer only appeared in class thrice for a whole semester.
ReplyDeleteYea sure we need to come up with a way of dealing with lecturer absenticism
ReplyDelete