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    "id": 1214835,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Suba South, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Caroli Omondi",
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    "content": " Thank you very much Hon. Temporary Speaker. It has been a very difficult afternoon struggling with my card a whole two-and-a-half hours. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to make some brief statements about this particular Motion. My understanding of CBC is that it is a system that is borrowed on what is globally known as the International Baccalaureate (IB). I think somebody was trying to do a cut and paste job but did not understand the social and economic background under which IB system operates. The IB is a very sophisticated education system which is good but costly. Generally, if you dig into the history, it has flourished in well developed countries. In this country, Kenya, it is offered mostly by very expensive International Private Schools. Somebody somewhere in Kenya looked at the holistic nature of IB system and thought that they could borrow and transplant it. But this is a mistake that happens when people bring in things that they do not understand their origin or background. I want to talk briefly about the social costs of CBC and why I do not think this system will work very well in this country. In the IB system, the student teacher ratio is normally limited to 15 globally. There is no chance in hell given our economic situation and our population growth patterns that we will ever achieve that ratio anytime in the near future. The engagement of the parents, if you look at it in the IB system which is now being transplanted into the CBC system, does not reflect what our social parameters or social orientations are. For example, to expect a poor lady in Kibra to be attending to homework 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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