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    "id": 373126,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mohamed Abass",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Abass Sheikh Mohamed",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, this issue is of great concern to this country. We have schools which are sponsored by the Catholic Church, Islamic organisations or other religious organisations. I realise that most of the sponsorships are fake. Some of them come with difficult conditions for students and parents and, in between, sometimes, we have wrangles in such schools. At the end of the day, it is the parents and pupils who suffer. It is, therefore, very important that the Government provides clear policy guidelines because without such guidelines, students and parents will continue to suffer. Hon. Speaker, in such schools, people who have vested interest will almost always increase the fees for the students and come up with other unnecessary conditions. So, sometimes, it becomes difficult to solve those issues. Therefore, the Ministry must holistically look into this matter. In my own constituency, I had one organisation which was sponsoring a school and, in between, they ran dry of funding. At the end of the day, the students had to go home. We had to start afresh and register the school with the Ministry of Education. It takes a while for anything to be done. This issue is of concern to the country. Therefore, the Committee on Education, Research and Technology must deeply look into it. Thank you, hon. Speaker."
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