It is that time of the year again where political points will be scored yet again, at least that will be the intention. I’ve seen some headlines indicating that the marks or the results have been adjusted up or something like that. What does this mean really? I don’t know.
Anyway, again we will have the same situation as the year before and the other years before where of course a few kids will make the headlines for having attained some distinctions. The is our yearly reality. After they have received them, they will start the journey into trying to get into institutions of higher learning, armed only with their results. For many, at this time it does not matter what they had planned to study because either they know they do not have the money to pay for such studies or their results are not good enough.
They will end up having enrolled for something they’ve heard of for the first time when they go to these institutions. Ok lets say many enroll, what we know for a fact is that by June many will have dropped out, many will have become something they never thought they would become because they want to study. But where are they? What becomes of these kids that their parents send off to study in foreign towns, hoping that they will come back one day to take care of them.
This is a painful reality and one that points to the many challenges that we face as a society. I do not have to mention that this is what BLACK kids face, it has black written all over it.
But then “BLACKS” need to do something about it. It is up to us to solve it. WE need to start with characterizing the problem and then get on with it.
We cannot continue like this. Lets talk about how we can change this.
Given SHINGANGE 