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    "id": 10416,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/10416/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Prof. Olweny",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Education",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 122,
        "legal_name": "Patrick Ayiecho Olweny",
        "slug": "patrick-olweny"
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    "content": "(a) Sessional Paper No.1 of 2005 on Policy Framework for Education, Training and Research affirms the Government’s commitment to integrated Early Childhood Development Education (ECDE) into the basic education cycle. In fulfilling that noble commitment, the Ministry of Education has undertaken the following steps:- (i) Develop ECDE policy framework and services standard guidelines to support the sub-sector. (ii) Develop a scheme of service for ECDE teachers which is still in draft form. (iii) Continues to train teachers at both certificate and diploma levels for the objective of improving the delivery of quality education at ECDE level. (vi) Disburse community support grants to ECDE centres for the purpose of enhancing the capacity of parents and communities to develop and sustain the quality and access to ECDE services. (vii) Conduct community and stakeholder mobilization and capacity building to enable them mobilize resources and manage their ECDE facilities well. (viii) Carry out school readiness programme which aims to prepare children who never attended ECD classes to transit to Class One. (b) The total cost required for mainstreaming ECDE as part of basic education is Kshs3.968 billion. The breakdown is as follows: Salaries for 20,300 teachers - we have proposed to hire 300 teachers, that is, one teacher per ECD centre and this gives us a total of Kshs2.03 billion per year; capitation grant of Kshs1,020 per child for enrolment of 1.9 million children making a total of Kshs1.938 billion. The Minister has requested for funds from the Treasury for the implementation of the programme and is still awaiting the communication."
}