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    "content": "When we talk about polytechnics, we should not forget the youths who drop out of high schools and colleges. They can only be useful if the Government allows the Members of Parliament to manage the Fund. The Members should have enough money for bursaries, so that we can support the youth to complete their high school education. We cannot talk about the youth proceeding to polytechnics when they have not completed high school. They should complete high school and get a chance to join universities. I urge my colleagues to bring a Bill, so that the youths can get loans to complete high school and join polytechnics. If we do this, we will leave a legacy of leaving behind people who are useful to this nation. A big population of the youth is women. Our young girls are being induced to get married. If they can get funds to engage themselves in businesses or complete high school, they would not get married young. I ask that we bring a Bill to this House to devolve funds to the youths without conditions. It is important that the youths are empowered to be useful people in the society. Tomorrow when we leave this Parliament, they are the ones who should come to Parliament, but unless they are empowered with the right knowledge, they will be wasted at the constituency level. With those remarks, I support the Motion and ask the Members to support it, so that our youths can get funds to empower them. I thank you for giving me this chance to contribute on this noble Motion."
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