Barnabas Ogeta, a Kenyan living in Australia, has urged students who plan to study in Australia to secure housing before moving to a foreign country.
Ogeta highlights the importance of tackling the hurdle of finding accommodation in Australia beforehand to avoid students facing difficulties upon arrival. He stresses the need to book accommodation early, as not doing so can lead to frustration and potential exploitation. This issue of accommodation has become evident for Kenyan students in Australia, prompting those already settled there to advise parents to arrange housing for their children before their study abroad journey.
Many parents fail to recognize the significance of arranging housing for their children before sending them overseas to pursue their education. This failure causes additional stress for students upon their arrival in a foreign land. Lioness Lizzy, a Kenyan lady in Australia, also highlights the typical mistake made by parents who depend on acquaintances in the host country to secure accommodations for their children.
Parents must have a thorough knowledge of their children’s living arrangements before permitting them to travel abroad. In addition to housing, Ogeta recommends that students going to Australia acquire a driver’s license before leaving Kenya. This, he explains, would improve their employment opportunities and grant them greater mobility.
Although Australia has a reliable public transportation system, having a driver’s license is essential for certain employment opportunities and for a smooth transition into settling in the country.
Why should Kenyans prepare…
Why should Kenyans prepare for life outside their country.
This time Education is online and can be acquired from your home without any added accommodation expenses and the pains of living in a foreign land with strangers rejecting you.
It’s time for Kenyans to bring home the education they have acquired in foreign lands over the years and create their own education system for them and their children.
An education that will take into consideration the inseparable unity between the African lineage and African thinking. An education that will not lead to alienation of the individual from his own self, his principles and his past.
An education that will give the Kenyans peace and stability in their own country.
2024 is about peace and stability.
May our God fulfill our aspirations of Peace and stability.