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    "speaker_name": "Mbeere North, DP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ruku GK",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I thank my brother Hon. Mbui for bringing this Motion. Last year I had a similar Motion in this House where we discussed CBC in details and this House resolved a number of issues as far as CBC is concerned. I am very disappointed that the same matter is on the Floor of this House again, whereas this House resolved a number of things. It means, therefore, that what we resolve as a House is never taken seriously by the responsible ministries. If it was possible, the Ministry of Education and the senior managers who are there need to be either prosecuted, fired or put somewhere together in a public gallery for the public to come and punish them. This is because our schools are in dire need. In my constituency, I have 100 primary schools and 48 secondary schools. All these schools are in a terrible state. The money allocated through the NG-CDF is not enough to take care of the needs which each and every school needs. Last year and in this House, we went through a number of challenges that this system of education is facing. Curriculum development is a very serious issue, which needs to be taken extremely seriously by those who are responsible. As Hon. Mbui has indicated in this Motion, we do not have proper infrastructure for our kids in our constituencies across the Republic of Kenya. There is inadequate teacher training as far as the CBC curriculum is concerned. Another challenge is the limited access to technology. One of the key goals of CBC is competency and literacy in technology. Very few of our schools in our constituencies have these devices. Lack of parental and community involvement as the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Education and Research has said is also a challenge. This is a curriculum system which requires proper involvement of parents and communities. The Ministry of Education has not taken this seriously. We mentioned and debated this last year. However, we have not seen the effort from the Ministry of Education involving the parents and communities as far as the CBC curriculum is concerned. Another challenge is overburdening the parent. As you know, some of us are parents and our young daughters and sons are going through this system and we know what it means to run it. If some of us can feel the burden, what about the very poor in our villages, the people we represent who are at the bottom of the pyramid? The Ministry of Education needs to think about this issue as quickly as possible. We also said that there is a way forward. Curriculum development and the training of teachers should be taken seriously. More teachers should be trained by the TSC and learning resources should be provided. Monitoring and evaluation should be properly done, and parents and the communities should be involved. We mentioned that there is no proper legal framework as far as the implementation of the CBC is concerned. We need to amend the Basic Education Act of 2012. Some of us can take up that matter, but it will move faster if the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Education and Research takes it up. Assessment and evaluation should be properly done."
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