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    "id": 1214828,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mosop, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Abraham Kirwa",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for this opportunity to contribute to this Motion on CBC. I support the CBC system regardless of the challenges that we are facing as a nation. This is a new curriculum that for sure is going to change the way we teach our students and how we look at the education system. I support that we continue to implement it. Right now, most of the schools may not be sufficiently equipped but nothing good comes easy. It will take each one of us, as a nation, to really go out of our way to make sure that we try to solve issues like infrastructure. The biggest problem that we have with this system is teachers. As I was going through some of the schools this week and last week, most of the Junior Secondary Schools (JSS) classes have only one teacher with over 40 to 50 students. We want to challenge Teachers Service Commission (TSC) to do whatever it takes to make sure that they are providing enough teachers. Out of over 30,000 teachers who were recruited, we should have enough but throwing the baby with the water is not the best solution. We have already invested enough as a nation and we have already spent resources on CBC system. I am of the opinion that there has to be a better way to support this system so that it becomes successful. Many countries have done this and they have been successful in implementing this system. I, therefore, support the Chairman and the Ministry of Education in trying to implement and make sure this system produces some of the best students. It is easier for us to go back to the 8-4-4 system which I personally went through but I have also lived in the country for many years and seen the results of the CBC system. It is better than the 8-4-4 system. I support the CBC and its implementation by the Government as much as we have a lot of obstacles. I believe there is a better way that we can approach and support it so that we can produce the best students. The CBC system is the way to go. When the CBC team was going around, they came to this House. Members were asked to give their views and opinions about this system and they supported it. I know implementation and the opinions we gave might differ but we gave those opinions in this House and agreed to proceed with CBC. For us to go back and say that we do not think it is working then I do not support it. I, therefore, support the CBC system and we should continue to implement it. I thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. 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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