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    "speaker_name": "Lungalunga, UDM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Chiforomodo Mangale",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. The CBC is now being judged from where it came from. First, let me say that the problems began in the initiation stage of CBC because as a country we woke up one day and said we are implementing it. In any case when starting a new curriculum or system there is a process. Unfortunately, in the first place, this process was never followed. We just rushed and said from Grade 3 downwards should be in CBC. In the real sense, we ought to have prepared our colleges so we get professionals who will attend to the pupils in the CBC classes right from Early Childhood Development Education (ECDE) to those in the universities. The professionals were never prepared. When we talk about infrastructure, it ought to have been put earlier before implementation. Today, we are lamenting about infrastructure like desks, laboratories and others. They are not there because the process was never followed. In fact, we ought to have invested in infrastructure before implementation. More so, we would have started from ECDE growing gradually to where we are but it was rushed. I wish to say in this House that we have to go back because there is no way we can expose our children to CBC pretending all is well yet it is not. I want to concur with the Majority Whip that we have to do away with CBC as it stands. It is not too late to stop it where it has reached because as we talk of costs, it cannot be implemented because it is very expensive and infrastructure is not there. We are saying teachers have been posted. Yes, they are teaching two subjects, for example, chemistry and physics. This is good but they are not trained to teach CBC. They have been trained at the university to teach 8-4-4. Therefore, the problem is bigger than what we are seeing. As a country, we are not ready for CBC. Comparing ourselves with other countries that have implemented, it is not a crime. We are not comparing ourselves against how rich they are or how poor we are. It is about how prepared we are as far as CBC is concerned. We have a long way to go. If we push on implementing CBC, we are killing a generation and this will not take us anywhere. Hon. Temporary Speaker, for sure we have to stop CBC and revert back to 8-4-4. Then start planning from the initial stage and go step by step from Pre-Primary one (PP1) going polepole until we reach where we are supposed to. Forcing CBC will be a nightmare because there are not enough teachers, We are being promised that after five years we will have enough teachers. This will not work because already the students are in schools learning. Are we 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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