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    "speaker_name": "Mr Julius Ogamba",
    "speaker_title": "The Cabinet Secretary for Education",
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    "content": " Hon. Clive, asked further on Question No.6 on Page 15, that is, whether it is free. I have answered that question in the following manner: That we have not reached the level where we have developed a pot of all the bursaries, scholarships, and capitations where we can say that we can now give free education from pre-primary all the way to tertiary. That is a conversation that has arisen because of this challenge. However, what we can say as a Ministry is that we do not have sufficient data that needs to be collected even for that decision to be made and I think, Hon. Speaker, you were alluding to it: That for us to be able to reach that decision, we must first and foremost do an analysis of how many students we have, how much is required for free education from Standard one or pre-primary all the way to the university. How much are we allocating from the particular fund that the Government is giving? How much is the cost of scholarships that are out there, both private and public? This is so that an analysis can be done to determine whether that money is sufficient to give free education across the board, including the meals, the kits, and everything that the students get. Therefore, it is important to acknowledge that, that is a conversation that is too detailed to be done in a month. It is something that needs to be discussed as we move forward. However, as we are having that discussion, we have students that are in school. That we have to use the current funding model to ensure that it is as close as possible to the realities of the students that we are supporting so that nobody is disadvantaged and misses school because they have been misbanded. That is the reason why we convinced the vice-chancellors to admit each and every student. We have also agreed that no student will be sent away for non-payment of their house hold portion, until this issue is resolved. In a way we have a chance to examine that MTI and find out if it is the right one and if what Hon. Deputy Speaker, is asking on whether there was any sort of interference so that it is corrected. The information that I have is that the team that is being referred to as having interfered with the MTI was set up from the Ministry to evaluate the efficacy of that model; whether it is bringing out the result that is expected. It was an internal team led by Prof. 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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