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    "id": 1265612,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1265612/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Moiben, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Phylis Bartoo",
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    "content": "A lot has been said and done concerning junior secondary schools. Educationists in this country intended to introduce a system of education that would bring meaningful reforms and development in Kenya. The CBC was supposed to help learners to practise what they have been taught in classrooms. A colleague has just said that students were told to take chickens to school to slaughter. You will agree with me that the children of this generation have lost some basics along the way. For example, slaughtering chicken is something that any child is supposed to know. Those are basics. Some do not know how to milk cows. For those who stays in rural areas like me, those are things we used to practise during the early stages of life. Many children do not have basic skills. That is why the CBC was introduced to make us re-learn basic skills which are supposed to help us to be productive members of society. Essentially, what is lacking in the implementation of this curriculum is the dissemination of information. A lot has been written down, but that information is concentrated among specific people. There is a vacuum when you go down to the level of the teacher and the student. The process of transmission of information from the Ministry to the TSC, schools, parents and students should be streamlined. A few days ago, in my Moiben Constituency, parents and the community were up in arms saying that only one teacher was posted to teach 14 subjects in a school. The teacher who was posted was supposed to be the coordinator. The head teacher was supposed to re-assign other teachers who are domiciled in the school to teach other subjects. The teacher who was 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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