The pressure from educated African elites to the colonial masters for blacks to access formal education was so intense that today we see transformation in the human race.
Educated individuals were and are still held in high esteem and are believed to be the game-changers of human affairs from generation to next.
Skills and knowledge acquired are the driving force towards finding solutions to what has been challenging people as seen during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Ideas are helping in the growth and development of democracy and business enterprises.
The Kenya Film Classification Board has allowed too much of the western world's content in our film and music industries something that has greatly affected our thinking and philosophy of goodwill.
Over 80 per cent of young people have incorporated these rogue practices such as overspending on expensive products to prove to the world that they live a better life.
However, it's the parents who have struggled to provide all these basic needs.
The parents are suffering in the village while their children spend money on clubbing and acts that contribute nothing to their growth.
Parents should be watchful of their children for a better society.
If street children were allowed to access education and nurture talents, the country will be better because they know what it means to suffer.
Therefore, let's learn from others and realise our set goals.
Let's not use education to demean others. Let us work hard and smart, save the little we earn and support our parents because they deserve it even as we cater for our personal needs.
Communication and media technology student
Maseno University
Edited by Kiilu Damaris
