Presentation to Laikipia Principals on the root cause of chronic challenges in Kenya like corruption, cartels, tribalism, unemployment and indiscipline cases in schools. Skedastic Consultancy Firm Developed a Colla-Petitive strategy to deal with those challenges.

2. CYRUS MUIGAI KIHARA
Director and Lead Consultant
SKEDASTIC CONSULTANCY FIRM
Teamwork for performance improvement
DISCIPLINE & ACADEMIC IMPROVEMENT STRATEGY
LAIKIPIA COUNTY PRINCIPALS
MOUNTAIN BREEZE HOTEL- EMBU
1st
December, 2018

3. Factors affecting Performance
Mention or list them down.
1.
2.
3. Poor Infrastructure and Financial constraint.
4. Negative Attitude: Parents, students & some teachers.
5. Form 1 entry behaviour.
6. Absenteeism of students and some teaching staff.
7. Lack of motivation and role models.
8. Understaffing
9. Lack of parent support, they fail to pay or clear school charges e.g. Lunch
program, BOM teachers etc..

4. Solutions to Factors
As principals, you have not been silent over the above factors although
some are beyond your capacity.
Some schools have been inviting Motivational Speakers, Subject
Examiners, pastors, priests, school alumni ( doctors, engineers,
professors) to talk to students, parents & teachers.
But, students seem not to improve positively as you would wish.
You have active guidance and counselling team since corporal
punishment is prohibited in all schools.
Expulsion of the most notorious students , but unfortunately others do
not learn from them.
 You are pushed by all school stakeholders to produce results.
 You feel exhausted and sometimes frustrated.

5. In Kenya, are the number of the following or ?
The indiscipline cases in schools , Conflicts in organizations,
 Domestic violence in families, murder cases and lifestyle diseases,
Crimes(e.g corruption, stealing, cheating ), drug & substance abuse.
 Cartels, political divisions, Lack of self drive among employees
(some are pushed to work): are on the rise (increasing) despite;
The Guidance & Counseling, punishment to offenders, tough rules
and regulations, very heavy penalties and jail terms charged to
perpetrators. Bodies to curb the vices: NTSA, NACADA,NCA, TPAD,
CCTV IN SCHOOLS, STREETS, BANKS and HOMES.
Chronic challenges in Kenya

6.  The gap between the rich & the poor is widening.
 Poverty continues to inflict the lives of millions and
inequality continues to grow in Kenya.
 The number of churches are increasing day after day but
people are not becoming holier.
 While in countries like Singapore, Denmark, Finland,
France, Norway , Sweden and Japan, Inequality remains
low. Corruption, conflicts and even strikes in these
Challenges in Kenya

7. The Big Questions
1. In general, how is our behaviour towards other people?
A. Generous B. Selfish
2. At what stage in life or age, can one mould or effectively
change one’s behaviour/character?
A. Below 18 years B. Above 18 years
3. Where did/do people spend most of their time at the stage
stated in 2 above?
A.Church B. School C. Home
4. What is this that was & is done in 3. above(SCHOOLS) at ages
below 18 years that led/leads to SELFISH behaviour in 1. above.

8. School Environment
Flashback and remember your primary and secondary life.
 Share with your neighbour(seatmate) something positive and
negative that you learnt from the school environment. Please be
sincere 2 him/her.
Who taught you or influenced you to a bad character?
A behaviour learnt at a tender age remains in our subconscious
mind & determines your character in adulthood.
People’s behaviour or character is largely determined by the
environment: Law of Adaptation.

9. Competitive Learning
 Primary secondary schools and some businesses in Kenya
adopted competitive learning / motivation strategy that encourages
competition among learners/employees and recognition of top
performers.
It demoralizes a bigger proportion of the students in class/school,
since very few learners benefit from the scheme (positions 1,2,3 and
most improved).
 It also demoralize parents who then fail to support the institution
management leading to absenteeism, expulsions & school transfers.

10. Competitive Learning Cont..
This reward scheme discourages teamwork among the
pupils/students for one strives to out shine others, get the best position
and an individual prize/gift / bonus or recognition.
Many loose hope developing low esteem, lack of creativity, critical
thinking and self-drive.
 There is no love and care from parents, teachers & some colleagues,
they develop a don’t care attitude and do weird things just for
recognition.
The learners hide or steal books, pens, calculators, log tables from
their competitors to frustrate them; thieves in adulthood.

11. Competition environment
Some engage in immoral activities innocently in search of love and
care. Competition discourages cooperation and concern for others.
 No trust for one another, fake food products, fake pastors and
professionals like doctors, engineers e.t.c.
Indiscipline cases(coupling, teenage pregnancies, alcoholism,
drugs & substance abuse) to shield academic weaknesses
(defense mechanism)
The system make learners become teacher or parent dependent,
lazy, irresponsible, and even some doze off during a learning
lesson/session; Couch potato.

12. Competition Environment
Sharing among learners becomes difficult, even after formation of
discussion groups in classes.
Teachers cover syllabus with very few students.
The young learners develops a selfish character, don’t care attitude,
hatred and behaviour that is very difficult to change in adulthood.
 The competition environment is full of blame games, people look for
excuses and reasons for wrong doing. Always pointing fingers to
others.
Some copy assignments from their colleagues & avoid exams to
an extent of burning schools.

13. Competition Environment
The gap between the best students & weak students widens as they
proceed from one level to the Next.
Students develop a negative attitude towards subjects; a big challenge
to institution management, teachers, parents, E.Os, donors.
Some students hide report books from their parents/they doctor them.
The negative character & behaviour inculcated in peoples lives at
a tender age, makes fight against crimes in any institution, society or
country so difficult.
 Fighting Corruption, drugs & substance abuse, alcoholism,
domestic violence, political unity, single parenthood, murder,
suicide, extrajudicial killings, strikes & cartels are major challenges
in a society.

14. The analogy of competitive learning

15. Collaborative Learning Environment
Collaborative learning encourages cooperation and teamwork
among learners.
Finland adopted collaborative learning techniques in all their
schools.
There are no lists of best learners, schools or teachers. The
main driver of education policy is not competition between
learners, teachers and between schools, but cooperation.
The peers motivate & encourage one another unlike in the

16. Collaborative Environment
The gap between the best and the weak student is very
small. Everyone works to improve each other and they are
not selfish.
There are minimal disparities in Finland due to equity
brought by collaborative learning technique. Consequently
the levels of crimes, political greed, strikes and conflicts are
very low.

17. Flashback
You were once a pupil/student like those that you teach or mentor
Who influenced you to like the subject(s) that you scored highly?
Who made you dislike/hate subject that you scored poorly?
A. Principal/Head teacher B. Parent C. Subject Teacher D. Others
 Therefore we need to supplement our teaching pedagogy, Q &
A technique, homework & assignments, marking methodology,
exam revision style and KCSE analysis for better performance.
The strategy will solve the challenges you face in your school(s)
and in the nation at large.

18. Long- Lasting Solution
Adoption of pure collaborative strategy will lead to very lazy students
& history has proved that competitive learning strategy leads to
selfishness.
Therefore, the solution to challenges in Laikipia County is the
formulation, implementation and control of collaborative and
competitive learning strategies in all our schools.
SKEDASTIC CONSULTANCY FIRM developed a well
researched and thought-out strategy that fits perfectly within
35/40 minutes of a single lesson: COLLA-PETITIVE STRATEGY.

19. Objectives of the Learning Strategy
1. To develop positive attitude towards a subject/teacher within a day.
2.To develop self drive among all students / employees.
3. To improve students’ and employees’ discipline, integrity and sense of
responsibility.
4.To improve performance of students especially weak students in class.
5. To enhance creativity and critical thinking in all students in class.
6. To cover syllabus objectives (KICD and KNEC) faster, effectively and
efficiently.
7. To actively involve Every student/pupil in class and ensure they are alert
throughout the lesson.
8. To develop a culture of teamwork and concern for others.

20. Implementation Program and Quotation
DESCRIPTION TIME COST
Stage 1 (i) School management sensitization 30 minutes
£ per
stage
(ii) Training of Teaching staff B4 8.00 am or Break time or lunch
break or After 4.00pm
(iii) Class Organization & Demonstration 40 minutes in different classes
Stage 2 After one Week
(i) Teachers assessment through class observation
or Role play
40 minutes in different classes
£ per
stage(ii) Feedback and solution B4 8.00 am or Break time or lunch
break or After 4.00pm
(iii) Introduction of Subject Contest B4 8.00 am or Break time or lunch
break or After 4.00pm
Stage 3 As soon as possible after stage 2
(i) Subjects CAT/EXAM Setting by Students During Preps / Weekends/ Appropriate
time £ per
stage(ii) Students’ Exam Supervision and invigilation
(iii) CAT/EXAM Marking and recognition Scheme
(iv) Parents sensitization and Engagement 1 hour

21. Implementation Program and Quotation
Optional
Stages
DESCRIPTION TIME COST
Stage 4 (i) Insha Writing and Contest
£ per stage
(ii) Lugha na Fasihi Contest
Stage 5 (i) Composition Writing and Contest
£ per stage
(ii) Grammar and Literature Contest
Stages
6…….
(i) Subject Revision Techniques with Students 40mins
£ per subject
(ii) KCSE subject Analysis and contest Depends
Stages
7…..
CHEMISTRY, BIOLOGY and PHYSICS
Practicals. £ Per Subject
once implemented perfectly from FORM 1 to FORM 4 in a LESSON and during REVISION
TIME , it becomes a CULTURE of your school.

22. One more thing!
 No matter how many times your parents, teachers or priests warned and
reminded you of a bad behaviour, the peers were so strong they convinced
you directly or indirectly that you eventually succumbed to the vice.
~ Cyrus M. Kihara.
 Having that in mind, let us team up and tirelessly work together towards
helping our child’s peers to save our child from vices.

23. THE END
ANY QUESTION(S)?
CYRUS M. KIHARA : B.sc. (Egerton), M.sc. Food Sc.(In progress)
Director and lead Consultant MBA (JKUAT), Ph.D. BA (In progress)-Strategic Management
Tel: 0722373486 / 0734373486
Email: skedasticfirm@gmail.com
Website. www.skedasticconsult.com
Part-time Lecturer at JKUAT and Masinde Muliro University.
Consult in
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Let us team up and work towards improving each other for a better harmonious
nation
Thank you and be blessed

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