{"id":37971,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/37971/?format=json","text_counter":185,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Eng. Gumbo","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":24,"legal_name":"Nicholas Gumbo","slug":"nicholas-gumbo"},"content":"Mr. Speaker, Sir, I wish to request a Ministerial Statement from the Minister for Education on the value and need for the annual head teachers conferences. In the statement, the Minister should clarify the following: the purpose of the annual head teachers conferences for both primary and secondary schools; why these conferences are always held in the middle of school terms instead of during school holidays; the average cost of the annual conferences broken down from district, provincial down to national, and who funds these conferences; who regulates the amount to be paid to head teachers as daily allowances; to what extent the resolutions of these conferences have informed formulation of policies in the education sector; finally, are there no other less costly and constructive ways that head teachers can use to address their concerns and those of the education sector in general?"}