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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Shakeel",
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        "legal_name": "Ahmed Shakeel Shabbir Ahmed",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. Either we are a socialist society or we are not. The fact is; this is a capitalist society. Unfortunately for us, the quality of education in our public schools has deteriorated and now the Minister is here and he will confirm to us that during our time, public institutions, especially primary and secondary schools, were centres of excellence. Now we only have a few. For argument; sake, in Kisumu, we have Victoria Primary School, which is still a public school but one of excellence. We have Olympic Primary School in Kibera. It has had very good results but what happens? The teachers are transferred from those schools and sent to other places or they are frustrated and they leave. They are taken up very quickly by private institutions. The Ministry needs to come up with what we might call centres of excellence. It should be decided that we will have three or four schools per province which are going to be public schools for which all facilities will be provided as if they are private-run schools. Those schools must not be allowed to be only for the rich and powerful. The rich and powerful should not force their children into those schools. There was a time when Olympic Primary School, which is a public primary school, excelled and a lot of rich people’s children went to that school. It was not because of the fact that it was a public school. It was because the level of academic achievement was good. In Britain, we have grammar schools and I urge the Minister to remember that they are there for children who have achieved a certain standard, whether they are from the rich or poor families and they pay no fees. They are supported by the Government and they are given all facilities. The other thing is that we have quality assurance officers in the education sector. This is a very noble idea and doing very well. But if you see some of those quality assurance officers or the teachers, I remember meeting one quality assurance officer the other day from my constituency. She does not even have an office. She stays in an office with a chief. When you are not giving them that facility, how can they arrange for quality assurance?"
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