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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Peter Kaluma (",
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    "content": "Homa Bay Town, ODM): Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion: THAT, pursuant to Standing Order 33(1), I seek leave for the adjournment of the House for purposes of discussing the ongoing challenges being faced in the implementation of the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) within the education system. As part of the implementation of the CBC, the Ministry of Education recently issued guidelines domiciling junior secondary schools in primary schools. The transition has brought anxiety amongst parents and learners, especially regarding the lack of capacity for optimal operationalisation of the system given the current state of infrastructural development in most public schools. Additionally, it is observed that due to lack of adequate training and deployment of teaching-staff, one teacher is being assigned to teach up to 14 subjects. As a matter of fact, learning has not been going on in most of the public schools in the country. This is alarming and it will inevitably be detrimental to the education sector in the long run as pupils in these schools are likely to be denied quality education. It is against this background that I seek leave for the adjournment of the House to discuss this matter of great national concern. There is great anxiety amongst parents, students, pupils, and people across the country over the implementation of the competency-based programme and, more particularly, the aspect dealing with junior secondary schools. Because I had initially moved the Motion when I sought leave, let me indicate that it has been reported – and it is also common knowledge – that many of our pupils in Standard Seven across the country are being registered by their parents to sit for the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education Examination (KCPE) as if they were in Standard VIII, simply because parents and pupils are anxious about what is happening. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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