Dynamics Reverting learners in Institutions of Higher Education in Kenya: Are Learners prepared for change?

Abstract

This article attempts to interrogate the dynamics reverting young students in the institutions of higher Education in Kenya. It presents the dynamics reverting the young students and tries to bring forth the solutions to these dynamics. The tender age at which students join institutions of higher learning finds them unprepared for social economic conditions they encounter. Most students struggle to fit in, and with lack of proper guidance on time management they eventually find themselves engaging in destructive activities. The children join schools at their young age and learn from elementary, primary, secondary, and textually levels. The children are academically well prepared and pass well in Kenya National Examinations and qualify to join institutions of Higher Learning. These learners after graduating to join these institutions of higher learning lack proper orientation and induction before joining colleges and
universities. The young learners lose their identity as they struggle to fit in without proper guidance and preparedness. The eventualities are tragic as some drop out of learning, commit suicide and others commit homicides. Other activities include peer pressure which leads to drug abuse and substance, students’ apathy, involvement in religious cults, early unwanted pregnancies and marriages. All these, is a clear indication of societal moral decay and disintegration. Therefore, it is for this reason that this article addresses key issues affecting young people in institutions of higher learning and offers some suggestions to the ministry of education, stakeholders and partners in education to collaborate in introducing orientation and induction programmes as an intervention approach to rescue young lives.