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    "content": "in the period under review, four Statements were referred to the Committee, pursuant to Standing Order No. 48 (1), while the Committee carried forward two Statements from the previous Session. The Committee sought reports and responses from the Executive and other State agencies, received and considered four reports at various Committee meetings while reports to two Statements are still pending. Mr. Speaker, Sir, while considering these responses, the Committee found some of the responses to be inadequate and inconclusive and a couple of them elicited supplementary questions. In this regard, the Committee has engaged the Ministry of Education to provide conclusive responses to these Statements. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Committee has also resolved to be triangulating the reports received from the Ministry of Education and other Executive agencies in order to provide sufficient and satisfactory responses to both the Senators who seek Statements and the House in general. The Statements requested from the Committee during the period under review continue to highlight on the challenges posed by the effects of COVID-19 pandemic to continued learning and the effects of prolonged school closures. It appears more efforts need to be put on different strategies being applied by the Government to facilitate re- integration of learners back into learning institutions in addition to helping learners, teachers and parents during these unprecedented times. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Committee will continue to engage with the Ministry of Education, other like-minded decisionmakers and education leaders in order to come up with the best way forward and informed decisions that prioritize the interests of learners, parents and teachers and reverse any devastating impacts of the prolonged school closures that was necessitated by COVID-19 pandemic. Mr. Speaker, Sir, as you are aware, the measures taken to contain COVID-19 made it difficult to operate ‘normally’. This means the tools of oversight that are central to our functions were greatly hampered. Nonetheless, during the period under review, the Committee completed an inquiry into the Early Childhood Development Education (ECDE) landscape in the country virtually and plans to host an ECDE workshop to validate and share the findings of this inquiry."
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