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    "id": 114162,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/114162/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. James Maina Kamau",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 34,
        "legal_name": "James Maina Kamau",
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    "content": "There is the issue of education, which is very important for the country but we are asking our children to go to school to read everyday. But when they score good marks, they are not able to pursue the course of their dream due to something they call cut off points. The other day, I was watching television and there was this student who wanted to pursue a degree in electronics engineering, but the student was not able to pursue that course merely because he missed point five of a point in the so called cut off points. It is very unfair and we are being unfair to our children. We have pushed them too far, in that when they score good marks, they are not able to pursue courses of their choice. I do not know what the Government will do to ensure that this policy is changed; if a child scores a C plus, a B minus, a B plain, a B plus and an A, that child has passed; I think something must be done. Our children are ending up doing useless degree courses and they cannot get jobs. This child who scored an A was enrolled to do a course he was not interested in, that is a Bsc in Forestry. I am sure even if he qualifies, he will not give that job the optimal attention that it is supposed to be given, because that is not what he dreamed of. So, I would urge this Government, if it is the problem of availability of space at the universities, they should be expanded; we should be asked to pass a budget here so that our children can pursue education the way it is done in other countries. We should not be told that the parallel degrees are a solution; that is a preserve of the rich and our children are not even able to pursue education, simply because they cannot afford it. So, it is high time we checked on this issue of cut off points, because it is actually killing the dreams of our children."
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