#Quota System In The Best Interest Of All Malawians But Perhaps Has Corrupted Implementation …..[#For Academic Debate Purposes]
The Quota system as an #intervention for
selecting students into schools in Malawi perhaps misconstrued as unorthodox ,
is by intention a deliberate #policy (perhaps pro -
poor) bent on spearheading #equity to education for
all pupils on grounds of their relative intelligence quotient (IQ) but perhaps
has or is imbued with #implementation
bottlenecks. The objective or motive behind the
system being to level the academic ground to those high IQ kids who might be
underprivileged or disadvantaged not to have access to better schools due to #structural challenges
such as parental socioeconomic status, rural location, gender disparities,
economic inequalities or marginalization or poverty. On that premise the system
might logically be in the best interest of all pupils in the nation in general
and in particular those from the #North where better
schools are in short supply due to regional #marginalization and
national #development disparities
or even #rural/urban #disparities in Malawi. In
the remote areas for instance of Misuku , Nthalire, Chitimba, Nchenanchena,
Nkhamenya, Mthwalo, Poka, Chinthenche, Hewe, Chatoroma, Kafukule or the Island
of Likoma some students might be born intelligent with high IQs but can
actually have no access to better schools with better resources, better
learning environment , better infrastructure, qualified teachers and Libraries.
Such students might not perform as well as their counterparts in the cities but
given better academic opportunity might as well reach their potential IQ.
Perhaps the logistical implementation of the system is killing it's essence, is
skewed and is #corrupted hence the need
maybe to #abolish the system
entirely or #modify to suit it's
initial intended purposes. One way of modifying the system would be to apply
district #proportions in selecting
students with district quotas for the diverse national schools.
BY MARISEN MWALE
BY MARISEN MWALE