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    "id": 1580032,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Funyula, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo",
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    "content": "Pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 44(2)(c), I rise to request a Statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Education regarding the recent re- categorisation of public secondary schools. The Ministry of Education has recently issued guidelines on the re-categorisation of secondary schools in preparation for the transition of Grade 9 pupils to Grade 10 in 2026. Although these guidelines have not yet been officially published on the Ministry's website, a document categorising public secondary schools into Clusters C1, C2, C3, C4, and C5 is already circulating on various online platforms and social media. Strikingly, only two schools in the entire Busia County have been classified as Cluster 1 national schools: Butula Boys High School and Kolanya Girls High School. Notably, no school in Funyula Constituency has been elevated to national school status, despite several schools within the county and across the country being elevated to this status. Among those elevated in Busia County are Nambale Boys High School and St Stephen's Lwanya Girls Secondary School. It is concerning that two prominent schools in Funyula Constituency, namely Sigalame Boys High School and St. Cecilia Nangina Girls High School, have not been considered for elevation to National School Cluster C1 status. Sigalame Boys High School, founded in 1965, currently has an enrolment of 1,062 learners and has maintained an average mean score of 6.9 over the past three years. St. Cecilia Nangina Girls High School, founded in 1966, has a student population of 1,419 and has also maintained an average mean score of 6.8 in the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) over the past three years. In addition, the two schools have recorded a mean score of 7.26 and 7.031, respectively, for the 2004 KCSE, thus ranking fifth and seventh in Busia County. It is against this background that a request for a Statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Education on the following: 1. A report on the criteria that the Ministry of Education used to categorise public secondary schools in clusters C1, C2, C3, C4 and C5. 2. Clarification whether the Ministry of Education may consider elevating Sigalame Boys High School and St Cecilia Nangina Girls High School to cluster C1, taking into account their long-standing history and consistent improvement in academic performance. 3. An indication as to whether the ministry may consider elevating other schools in Busia County to cluster three. Schools such as St. Chrispine Samia Girls Secondary School, Nyakwaka Girls Secondary School, St. Peter's Busibi Girls Secondary School, and St Thomas Aquinas Nanderema Boys Secondary School, given their role in providing boarding facilities to vulnerable girls and a safe environment for boys facing social and family challenges. I thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker."
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