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    "speaker_name": "Kitui West, WDM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Edith Nyenze",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. Thank you for the answers, but the response is not satisfactory. That is because the TSC advised the teachers to augment their education, and they spent 1,500 hours, which is roughly 9 months. They went for that training, paid some tuition fee and spent a lot of time. They even stayed away from their families for that period, but they were not considered in any way. Those ones who were already P1 teachers were neither promoted nor given any advantage, even after getting the diploma. The other P1 teachers are still being re-tooled even now. In this case, after the training, they are reimbursed and have the advantage of not spending so many resources on the training they are undertaking. The other first batch of teachers feel like they have been forgotten. Those who got the diploma and were already P1 teachers, were not absorbed to teach in the JSS. The response says that they were being trained to be in the primary school section under CBC. But we still do not have adequate teachers in JSS. For instance, someone who is a trained Maths teacher is given a whole class to teach history or Christian Religious Education (CRE) there. Therefore, as far as JSS is concerned, the education system there is wanting. The reason why the Commission came up with that diploma course was so that those teachers could be upgraded to teach in the JSS. The other disadvantage is that some of the unemployed teachers went for that training and spent more money with the hope that they would be absorbed by TSC, but they have not been employed even after getting the diploma. So, the response is not satisfactory as far as those teachers who upgraded are concerned. That is because they have no advantage over the others. Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker."
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