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"speaker_name": "Lari, UDA",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Kahangara Mburu",
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to also add my voice to this very important Motion. I will start by congratulating my colleague, Hon. Ruku. This is a matter that is being talked about in every part of this country. The CBC system of education is a very good idea because children will go to school as early as ages five, six or seven. You can then start picking out the talents of each and every child and develop the same, making it easier for children as they grow and become adults to fit in areas where they qualify and are able to give quality work to this country. The junior secondary schools were started in a hurry. The Government started by putting up classrooms in secondary schools, meaning that they wanted junior secondary schools to be domiciled in secondary schools. However, they were not able to do that in every secondary school, meaning that there was going to be a gap. The current administration is trying to domicile junior secondary schools in primary schools, where we have more facilities. There were classrooms which were previously being used by pupils in Standard Seven and Standard Eight, which were going to be empty and probably that made some sense. Unfortunately, not all schools in our constituencies have been given the rights to host junior secondary schools. In my area, we have Mbogoini, Ngechu and Kagwe Township primary schools, among several others, where children are forced to walk long distances to attend classes in schools where junior secondary schools are domiciled. In my view, as Hon. Ruku has put it, we need to develop a policy on junior secondary schools. Most of the schools have only two teachers. As my colleagues have said, you will find teachers who are trained to teach particular subjects, unlike primary school teachers who are able to teach several subjects. This means children in junior secondary schools are missing out. As they learn in Class Seven and proceed to Class Eight, they may not cover the syllabus. In my view, if Parliament and other education stakeholders in the Government were to come up with a proper policy, we should have a one-stop-shop kind of arrangement where primary schools, junior secondary schools and senior secondary schools are in one complex. This is because we still do not have all the facilities required in primary schools, where we have put up junior secondary schools. We do not have laboratories. If students have a practical lesson, they have to look for a secondary school with that facility in the neighbourhood. It 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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