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    "id": 1050305,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Omogeni",
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        "legal_name": "Erick Okong'o Mogeni",
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    "content": "On Clause 36, there was a proposal that paragraph 36(a) be deleted together with Clause 36(c) of the Bill. In this Clause, the Senate Bill had sought to enhance the qualifications of the ECD teachers. If you may recall, there is a team that had travelled to Germany. When they came back, they reported to the Education Committee the qualifications of ECDE teachers in Europe. In some countries you require a degree to be a teacher in an ECDE center. After deliberations, the Mediation Committee resolved to adopt the position as proposed by the National Assembly, which is to give the idea of putting in place standards of qualifications for ECDE teachers in the realm of the Teachers Service Commission (TSC). This was informed by the fact that under Article 237(2) (a) of the Constitution, it is the mandate of the TSC to register trained teachers. Further, Article 237(3)(a) gives the sole mandate to the TSC to review the standards of education and the training of persons entering the teaching service. By implication, it was the view of the Mediation Committee that that includes the ECDE teachers. In line with the provisions of the Constitution, it was agreed by the Mediation Committee that role should be left in the hands of the TSC. Any other different position would have been unconstitutional."
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