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"content": "As. The pupils join very good schools. Why? We have qualified teachers in public primary and secondary schools. So, the question is: Why are the children in our public schools not performing well? Those are the questions that we are asking ourselves. The real issue is about resources. How much do we invest in our public primary and secondary schools, so that we can get the best results? If you want to get the best out of something, you have to invest in it. The Government has not been very serious on that. I think the Government was only concerned with fighting illiteracy. It has very little concern about the quality of education that is given to our children. After the introduction of the free primary education, the Government stopped at that. Under that programme, we have cases of about 80 children in one classroom and no attention is given to individual pupils. How do you expect a teacher to attend to 80 pupils? That is very difficult. Private schools are very strict with the number of pupils per class. They have 30 to 40 pupils per class and each pupil is coached, attended to and his questions are answered properly. The pupils get a lot of information and excel at the end of the day. We have not been very serious. The Government is telling our children: âGo to school and learn how to read and write!â That is exactly what this Government is interested in. It is not interested in the quality of education that is offered to our children. If we are serious today, even in this House, we have to start with ourselves. The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education must send his children to public schools. The Minister for Education and his Assistant Ministers must send their children to public schools. Why do you send your children to private schools and expect the poor Kenyans to send their children to public schools, when you know very well that the Government has not injected any money in those schools?"
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