TRIBAL CLASHES AND EDUCATION ON SOME SELECTED SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN 1SIOLO DISTRICT, !{ENYA

ABSTRACT

"It is of course well known that the only source of war is politics ........... War is

simply a continuation of political intercourse, with the addition of other means" -

Carl Von clause witz. War may be defined as; a state of open, armed, often prolonged

conflict carried on between nations states or parties or a condition of active

antagonism or contention

Education is increasingly becoming universal. History of Education is both long and

short. In 1994, Dieter Lenzaen, President of the Freie Universitat, said 'Education

began either millions of years ago or at the end of 1770". This quote by lenzen

includes the idea that education as a science cannot be separated from the educational

traditions that existed before. Education was the natural response of early civilization

to the struggle of surviving and thriving as a culture

With shot description of both table clashes and education, the two factors have had a

lot of effect since the ardent of shifta war in early sixties. It has necessitated me to

carry out on a brief report on the significance of tribal clashes on the general

performance of Education. Many are times when people live in perpetual fear ,

neighbours turning against one another owing to the fact that they subscribe to the

different ethnic groups. The tribal hegemonies have controlled Isiolo District m

general for a long period of time leading to destruction of private property, making

people live in internally displaced persons camps and the unfortunate of all it leads

loss oflife.

1-n education context tribal clashes have had devastating effect in the sense that

educational infrastructure have been turned into ruins, teachers displaced and students

fail to attend classes due to constant fear.

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