Seconds before she crossed the finish line of the 2015 Austin Marathon Kenyan athlete Hyvon Ngetich collapsed. Despite leading for most of the race Ngetich’s body let out and she crawled to the finish refusing a wheelchair and finished third in the marathon. Her triumph and determination is just one example of how Kenya has provided the world with some of the most amazing athletes. The 45 million people who makeup Kenya account for less than one percent of the world’s population. Despite being such a small fraction of the world’s population Kenyan men hold eight of the ten worlds fastest marathon records. A key point that many historians have overlooked in the history of Kenya was the impact that education had on the developing population. The transformation from a colonial education system in Kenya to a government controlled education system led to the growth of competitive athleticism.
The education system in Kenya has undergone changes in the past two centuries that no other area in the world could have sustained and grown from. Schooling began as a way to teach people “knowledge and values relevant to the society.” Each ethnic group of the region had a unique approach to education based on the aspects of their environment. The move toward a formal education system began with the arrival of Western schools. British imperialists landed early in the nineteenth century and implemented their education on the native people. Missionary schools opened in 1846 near the town of Rabai with a goal to teach the native people about Christianity and encourage Africans to pursue priesthood. This education was remarkably different from their traditional practices. The Western system set the native people up to create an effective educ...
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...ions in Kenya’s education system after independence helped the growth of competitive sports by educating future athletes. These competitors can often attribute their success to the benefits that a government organized education system brought to their country. A stronger education for the citizens was an opportunity for Kenya to grow into a powerful and more unified nation. Kenya’s current education system took years to develop and went through many changes to get where it is today. By creating a strong foundation for learning Kenya strengthened their future and with it their people. In todays rapidly changing world access to information can be life changing and an education lasts a lifetime building connections and opportunities for years to come. The pursuit of knowledge is extraordinarily important because it is the route to intellectual and financial success.
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Education did not form part of the life of women before the Revolutionary War and therefore, considered irrelevant. Women’s education did not extend beyond that of what they learned from their mothers growing up. This was especially true for underprivileged women who had only acquired skills pertaining to domesticity unlike elite white women during that time that in addition to having acquired domestic skills they learned to read a result becoming literate. However, once the Revolutionary War ended women as well as men recognized the great need for women to obtain a greater education. Nonetheless, their views in regards to this subject differed greatly in that while some women including men believed the sole purpose of educating women was in order to better fulfil their roles and duties as wives and mothers others believed the purpose of education for women was for them “to move beyond the household field.” The essays of Benjamin Rush and Judith Sargent Murray provide two different points of view with respects to the necessity for women to be well educated in post-revolutionary America.
Paternalism was a huge theme between slaves and slave owners. It represented slaves who viewed their owners a father figure. In the revolutionary period, this type of idea had not yet emerged considering the status of this period. During this time, slavery was becoming a new custom that was extremely popular by whites and not well- liked by African Americans. It was very common for slaves to rebel rather than viewing their owners as father figures. For instance, during the Stono Rebellion in 1739, many slaves stayed loyal to their masters by helping fight in the rebellion. As a result, they were awarded with their freedom (Hoffer, 122). Slaves staying loyal to their masters and rejecting to join any slave rebellion, was the closest that the
In East Africa, there is an area know as the Great Rift Valley. It is in this Great Rift Valley, where the world’s most dominant long distance runners come from, Kenya. In the past three decades, runners from Kenya have simply dominated the sport of long distance running in all facets including cross-country, track, and the marathon. In the world rankings for marathon running, Kenyans hold 8 of the top 10 spots for the men and 6 of the top ten spots in women’s rankings. (Entine, Par. 2) But how can one country be so overpowering in a sport that anyone can participate in? There are a number of factors that all work together to make Kenyan runners the best of the best. Rigorous training regimens, the physical geography of Kenya, country and world support of the athletes, genetics and early participation of children are all factors in the study of why Kenyan runners are by far the best long distance runners in the world. To start off, you must look at the physical geography in which the Kenyans train.
Many great minds believe that education is a powerful tool. Investing in your education is the most valuable and most rewarding thing a person can do to secure their future. Influential people who have brought positive changes to the world have said: “The investment in knowledge pays the best interest”. (Franklin). “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world”. (Nelson Mandela). “A brighter future starts with an education”. (Montgomery).
Women face many obstacles in Kenya that make their lives very difficult and especially difficult to get an education. The women face specific gender division from men, violence, female genital mutilation, HIV and AIDS, and obstacles while on the campaign trail.
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Jomo Kenyatta began his journey in the country of Kikuyu. When he was 10 years old he became gravly ill and had to have surgery. It was then that he was brought to the Church of Scotland mission and encountered Europeans for the first time (“Jomo Kenyatta”, Britannica). After being exposed to the Europeans, Kenyatta later ran away from home to become a student of the Church of Scotland mission. During this time, he studied the Bible, English, Math, and worked for a European settler to pay his tution. He later left the mission and moved to Nairobi where he would encounter his first affiliation with an African political protest movement, the East Africa Association (EAA), led by a fellow Kikuyu named Harry Thuku. Kenyatta empathized with the movement because it involved his people, the Kikuyu. One of the main goals of the EAA’s was to regain the land that had been taken by the Euorpeans when Kenya ...
European colonization in Kenya had a large impact on Africa’s religion and culture. Africa had over 100 ethnic groups in which were effected from the colonization. (Doc.2). The Europeans believed that Africans did not have a developed religion and believed in bizarre thing such as witchcraft (Doc.6). But, in the Abaluyia Story of Creation, it told how the world and man was created, which was really like the European religion of Christianity in which Adam and Eve was made in a similar way. This proved that they indeed did have an organized religion (Doc.7). In 1962, 80% of Kenyans believed in the indigenous beliefs, but after in 2002, only 26% of the population believed in the indigenous beliefs. Because Europeans believed in Christianity, Protestant beliefs went from 7% in 1962 to 38% in 2002, and Catholic beliefs went from 3.5% to 28% (Doc. 8). Europeans felt they gave Africans the Christian religion, a “superior” form of government, and a more developed civilization (Background Essay). The colonization in Kenya changed their culture also. Kenyans changed their clothing. Leaders of Kenya including the first president Jomo Kenyatta wore clothing very similar to the clothing of the Europeans (Doc.5). This made people feel that their clothing was not in fashion and they had to follow the way of the Europeans. This decreased the amount of people wearing their regular clothing and the amount of people following their own culture. Kenya’s religion and culture truly converted, because of European colonization.
This can be understood when we take into account the corruption that happens in Lower economically developed countries. In LEDCS education is a sector which needs more focus an article which focuses on this issue describes the education in LEDC as shocking as ‘Out of 128 million school-aged children, 17 million will never attend school’ And ‘37 million African children will learn so little while in they are in school that they will not be much better off than those kids who never attend school.’ From the shocking figures we can see that education in Africa needs major adjustments in order to achieve successful
In Kenya, it is comprised of several different groups that are distinct ethno-linguistic. Over several decades, Kenya has evolved both biologically and culturally. This culture has a great diversity of customs and family patterns. To understand the families in Kenya, it is also important to understand their culture backgrounds and where they come from. Family has a high value in this culture and is considered the center of community life. The children here hold an upmost importance because it can be considered an economic advantage having more children and also wives too. It is common here for families to have eight or more children because there was a
Rapid educational expansion has taken place in Uganda since its independence in 1962. Following independence, education was regarded as a means through which individuals could advance in society...
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The British invasion formed into a historical development of British colonialism in India. Despite India under the British rule, Mahatma Gandhi played an important role in gaining Independence. He not only changed India but also strongly fought for India's independence, using various strategies. The British Empire ruled as long as they could to reform India both politically and socially.
Education plays a vital role in shaping tomorrows’ leaders. Not only can we become a better nation by acquiring the skills necessary to be productive members of a civilized society. Increase knowledge to actively achieve and meet challenges that can produce changes in which are productive for attaining business innovations, political and economic objectives.