{"id":18817,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/18817/?format=json","text_counter":494,"type":"other","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"THAT, aware that the Joint Admission Board (JAB) admitted 32,611 students to public universities in the year 2009 and 2010 double intake; concerned that less than a third of the 81,000 students who had qualified to join public universities were admitted; further concerned that parallel degree programme admissions continue to expand, further stretching resources for regular programmes; aware that the economic growth of our nation is tied to the educational development of her people; acknowledging that the first group of students under the free education programme will be graduating in 2015 and more than 150,000 students are likely to qualify for university intake; this House urges the Government to ensure that at least seventy five per cent (75%) of all qualifying students are admitted to the regular programme in our public universities from the year 2011."}