The challenge of academic underachievement

Where does it hurt most in education? The question is made relevant by the fact that not all levels of education are doing badly. Though under resourced, the primary school sub-sector continues to outperform other levels.

It is a sub-sector characterised by unrelenting and totalitarian focus on quality. Emphasis on the principle of leaving no child behind is working well for the sub-sector, further motivating the schools at this level to render their best selves. The sub-sector places its bets not on resources but smartly on the creativity and innovative prowess of the teachers. This alone explains the sector’s continuing story of miraculous survival and prosperity.