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    "id": 1057611,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Isiolo North, KPP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Hassan Hulufo",
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        "legal_name": "Hassan Oda Hulufo",
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    "content": "education in terms of infrastructure development through the NG-CDF and curriculum reviews from the Ministry of Education. Most of the existing ECD centres, especially those that are public, are attached to primary schools. In most cases, especially in the north-eastern part of the country, early childhood learners learn under trees. One wonders why at their tender age nobody is catering for them yet their older siblings are being catered for well. Having looked at the Bill, one of the key things that have impressed me is assessment and identification of special needs amongst children who have some form of disability. In the north eastern part of the country, children who require special education hardly get opportunity to find special schools that have appropriate facilities to cater for their needs. Therefore, the Bill obligates teachers to use assessment tools immediately and identify children who require special attention and place them appropriately. There are those children whose needs can be catered for in an integrated sitting and there are those who need a separate setting to cater for their needs. The Bill also talks about registration of ECD centres, which is important. If you look at what is obtaining, you will realise that there are many early childhood development centres run by private entities. The setting in most of them is pathetic. At this formative stage, we need an environment that is child-friendly in terms of having adequate space for children to play. We require well trained teachers. Fortunately, if you look at what is happening, most of the counties insist on hiring trained teachers who are registered by the Teachers Service Commission. However, they have done so without the benefit of a legal framework. This Bill addresses that gap. It provides a proper legal framework for county governments to provide early childhood education. When somebody wants to run a centre, the individual needs to apply for registration to the county education board. The county governments need to have quality assurance committees which can assess the centres to establish that they meet the requirements for registration. The Bill also provides that the Cabinet Secretary responsible for education will make regulations. It also provides for the KICD to develop common curriculum across the country. There is a very good linkage between the kind of support county governments require from the national government and what the county governments should concentrate on. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, with those few remarks, I support the Bill."
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