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    "speaker_name": "Prof. Maathai",
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        "legal_name": "Wangari Muta Maathai",
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    "content": "Thank you, very much, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity to support this Motion and congratulate the Member who has brought it forward. I think, in this country, we have been asking why so many of our children to go to neighbouring countries and have to first go and waste two years? Why can the East African Community not synchronise our education system? Since we have gone through the 8-4-4 system and we have not felt satisfied, I want to agree that we should synchronise our education system and reintroduce the 7-4-2-3 system. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, since I do not have much time, I want to support my colleague and say that it is extremely important that our children are able to filter into schools especially technical institutions before they get into university. When they get to university, they should first have an opportunity to have general education before they can begin to specialise. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, my opinion is that our education system encourages our children to learn foreign languages even before they can read and write. We must have a policy where people can be allowed to read and write in their mother tongue so that they, at least, can communicate and keep records even if they come out of school at Standard VII. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is very important for us to understand that the Intelligence Quotient (IQ) of a child is not given by the teachers. One gets ones IQ from the parents and from the environment in which one grows. Teachers only help to sharpen your IQ and show you how to utilise it. Therefore, it is important that we encourage our children to be creative. We are not supposed to instil fear in our children. We have raised that issue in this House before and I know it is a phenomenon that is mostly found in our primary schools. Teachers are known to instil fear in pupils. I would like to urge the Ministry of Education to look into this matter. Why is it that, in both primary and secondary schools, teachers instil fear in students? As a result of this, the only language that they know is rioting. We do not encourage them to speak to teachers. We must learn to listen to our children. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, with those few remarks, I beg to support."
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