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"content": " Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity. I will, straightaway, declare that I support this Motion. I support Mr. Ojode for moving such an important Motion. He is doing so when many Ministries are finalising their budgets. If there is any shortage or requirement, it will be factored in. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want this House to be fair and sober. When I look at the schedule detailing the shortage of teachers, it looks like the Government has been trying to reduce that shortage. It means the shortage was even higher. According to this schedule, the shortage of teachers was very high in June, 2006. If we get the latest figures, I am sure we will appreciate the work that the Government is doing. This schedule shows that the Government is trying to correct the mistakes that it inherited from the previous regime. We have inherited so many problems that we are trying to sort out. Let me give you an example. When we say there is unemployment, that problem was not caused by this Government. It was caused by the previous regimes. Therefore, this Government must be complimented, congratulated and supported for all the efforts and good things that it is doing. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we want to prepare our nation to be competitive. We must have enough teachers to come up with a curriculum and implement it. There is one thing that I would like to suggest to the Minister for Education. We must undertake an immediate overall inspection of all the schools. We must inspect all primary and secondary schools. We must know the needs of every school in each region of this country. Today, there are students from certain areas who join universities to study science-based courses. In my area, for example, we do not have good science teachers. As a result of that, most students from my area join universities to study non-science courses. Eventually, things will be lopsided. In most areas, we have people with equal talents. Therefore, we must conduct inspections in schools so that we determine the needs of each school. That way, when the recruitment of teachers starts, it will be conducted as required. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I support that the recruitment of teachers should be localised as much as possible. The decisions of DEBs and local committees should be implemented April 18, 2007 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 709 by TSC without any amendments. The shortages that have already been cited have been taken into account. We talk to the TSC about that every month. I am aware that many problems have come up as a result of the budgeting element. But it is essential to train our own people. It is important to forecast and determine, for example, the number of engineers, teachers, doctors and other professionals that we need. We must categorize and align our education system to what we want to achieve. It is very crucial because this is how the country will develop. I urge this House, therefore, to be sober and fully support this Motion. I want to give enough chances to everybody to speak on this Motion."
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