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    "id": 239430,
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Karaba",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Daniel Dickson Karaba",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I also note that the ongoing teacher recruitment exercise is an exercise in futility. Because of the introduction of free primary education, we have had an increase of about 1.2 million students, yet not even a single teacher has been recruited to cope with the increase. What we are doing now is just replacing teachers who have either died or retired or been sacked. We have not had an exercise aimed at recruiting teachers to cope with the high number of students who have increased because of free primary education. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would, therefore, ask the Ministry of Education to make sure that the exercise of recruitment of teachers is initiated. The Ministry of Education is a very important service Ministry, but if we are not careful, we are going to leave a country that will lag behind in development, and we shall be a laughing stock in Africa and the world. Let us, therefore, pay a lot of attention to this Ministry so that we recruit the necessary teachers. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, you also notice that many schools in the country have no facilities, yet the Ministry of Education continues to suggest that some subjects are made compulsory, for example, the science subjects. Some schools that do not have science facilities are made to compete with those that are well endowed with such facilities. This will mean that those who have facilities will continue passing exams, and they will continue to dominate admissions to universities and, eventually, continue ruling this country. With those remarks, I beg to support."
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