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    "content": "that derives all our development. Without education, we will not be able to achieve all our goals. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to congratulate the Minister for her hard work, and for introducing major reforms in the Ministry. I want to start by saying that, at the university level, the Government has taken over existing technical and specialised middle-level institutions and converted them into universities and constituent university colleges. This is due to the demand for university education from our communities. That is a noble way of addressing issues. It is very important to address such issues in the short-term, but in the long term, we will face serious challenges when dealing with the shortage of technical schools. I want to congratulate the Minister for reflecting in the Estimates that we are debating today the fact that they are going to address that important challenge that is already facing us at the national level. I want to differ with my colleague who has just contributed on the parallel education programmes. The parallel programmes have opened up university education. They enabled thousands of our children, who were not able to access university education, to access it. I am worried that the Ministry might reconsider the parallel programme. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the parallel programme is an initiative that is very important because most of children are accessing university education. Many of our children were going to Ugandan universities, but once we introduced the parallel programmes, they were able to access public universities. They are getting opportunities in our country. Many children have benefitted from these programmes. So, I wish to ask the Ministry not to reconsider the parallel degree programmes, but to rather support the initiative."
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