Former Education Secretary in the now defunct Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology Prof Harry Kaane once declared that the actual customers of education services of a country are employers and not students.
Contrary to common view, Kaane, a professor of mechanical engineering, argues that educational institutions should be primarily concerned with the interests of employers-be they the government and its various institutions or the private sector.
Kane made the remarks some ten years ago while representing the then Minister for Education Prof.
Jacob Kaimenyi during the launch of the ISO system at the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD) for the Ministry.
