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    "speaker_name": "The Member for Belgut (",
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    "content": "This being my first time I would like the Chair to allow me to comment on the President’s Address, which was very good and I really wanted to contribute to it. First is about education in this country. I am one the educationists in this country, and have worked in the Ministry of Education for a long time. I want to applaud the President for the way he came up with policies which are going to assist this country, especially our youth. Education is life and the way our President came up with the idea of Laptops is very welcome. I want to urge that action be taken right now for proper implementation of this programme. I know it is very unique in many parts of this country; it may be well known in urban areas, but in the rural areas, this may be seen as something unique, because most of the children have never seen a computer, leave alone a laptop. So, I am saying that urgent steps should be taken to see how this matter is going to be implemented. First it should be the teachers to be trained because they are the ones who will teach the children how to use these gadgets. Teachers will teach Standard I children, and they should be well versed and trained properly, so that when they handle the computers, then they will do so with a lot of competence. Concerning facilities, where are these devices going to be kept? Will they be taken home by the children? As you know, rains are causing a lot of havoc in this country. You can imagine a child taking the device home and he has no knowledge of it. That will be something the child will be holding for the first time. Definitely that gadget will not be very useful. So, I suggest and propose that, measures be taken to ensure that"
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