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    "id": 1491663,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1491663/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ogamba",
    "speaker_title": "The Cabinet Secretary for Education",
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    "content": "Concerning the question of the length of stay, it is the time when the teacher finished training and has been registered as a TSC member. So, the longer you have stayed without employment, you are given the first priority when it comes to teachers’ recruitment. It is no secret that we have over 400,000 trained teachers who do not have jobs. Even this 20,000 interns does not do any justice to that number. This is because of limitation of resources. Currently, our strategy is to see whether we can have some of these teachers employed to teach in foreign countries. We have teachers who have been have not been employed for more than 10 years. That is unfair. We are also trying to ensure that Kenya is listed as a native English-speaking because that is a basis for sending teachers outside the country to work. Once we make that proposal and it is accredited, then we will reduce the number of jobless teachers in our country. The question relating to the graduate teacher serving under P1 heads of schools is an administrative and a leadership issue. Somebody could be a Grade P1 head teacher who has been there for a long time and has experience which fresh graduate does not have. There should be no problem serving under that particular Grade P1 leader because there are policies and regulations under which each and every one does their job. So, all that people have to adhere to is what is provided for in the policies and guidelines. The question of how long the 46,000 interns will take to be confirmed is dependent on the availability of resources. That was the reason it was delayed. However, once the resources are availed and put in the budget, they will be confirmed. We are expecting Grade 9 be 1 million students. The six-month probation period is a good one. I think we will pass it over to TSC to see how they can maybe amend that policy to ensure that those who have already served for over 24 months, need not be put on probation for another six months. It should not be applied holistically. The sustainability of the programme of interns is dependent on the availability of resources. We will continue looking for resources to ensure we absorb many teachers as possible in the service. There was a question by Sen. Abbas, which I did not quite understand. With regard to the number of trained teachers sent to Wajir County, we have given that list on soft copy, and I hope the hon. Senator will be able to see it. There is another list showing the number of teachers in each county. I think it is annex number two or something like that. Regarding the question of how prepared we are, an assessment was done for the 1 million Grade 9 students. The Ministry came up with a requirement of 16,000 classrooms and the World Bank gave Kshs12 billion. The Ministry is doing 11,000 classrooms in phases. Phase One was for construction of 3,500 classrooms, which has been done. We are now in Phase Two constructing 7,500. There is also a co-funding with the National Government Constituency Development Fund (NG-CDF). The Ministry gave Kshs3.4 billion and we expect NG-CDF to contribute to a tune of Kshs3.4 billion, which will be used to build 6,000 classrooms, making a total of the 16,000 that are required. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we are in the process. As I said, we have done 3,500 buildings, of the 7,500 in various stages of completion. Our target is to complete all these classrooms by 15th December, 2024. This is because resources were availed to every school to building a classroom. The classrooms were standardized. The budget for each classroom is Kshs1 The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only.A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and Audio Services,Senate."
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