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    "id": 225423,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/225423/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Ojode",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Joshua Orwa Ojode",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move the following Motion:- THAT, owing to the fact that over the last several years the Government has not been recruiting teachers for both secondary and primary schools; bearing in mind that several teachers have exited the payroll through dismissals, resignations and natural attrition without replacement; taking into account the fact that free primary education initiated by the Government in 2003 phenomenally increased enrolment in primary schools; and cognizant of the fact that such acute shortage of teachers tends to affect marginal areas much more seriously resulting in poor national examination performance; this House urges the Government to instantly institute aggressive recruitment of teachers for both secondary and primary schools in order April 18, 2007 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 701 to achieve equity in the staffing of schools all over the country. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is common knowledge that this is a case which we need to correct. Following the freeze in the employment of civil servants coupled with the introduction of free primary education in public schools, the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) decided to adopt a demand-driven policy in recruitment. What does this mean? It means that they only recruit teachers when there is a shortage caused by natural attrition and when there is retirement and resignation The rapid increase of children in public schools has posed a big challenge to us. The use of"
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