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    "content": "so that they can get money to buy drugs. We appreciate the differences that exist between various counties. For instance, where I come from, girls are the ones who have been dropping out of school due to early marriages. In other counties, boys are dropping out of school and leaving girls in school. These girls continue to perform well. Among the many recommendations of the Committee, one important one is that; the county governments should invest in school feeding programmes. With regard to our area of interest, Early Childhood Education (ECD), you cannot expect a child of less than six years to be in school throughout the day without having a meal during break time. That is a big challenge. We have been recommending that school feeding programmes be incorporated in the school systems. Each county should have its own branding of polytechnics. The words “village polytechnic” do not sound good. At the end of the day, nobody wants to associate themselves with village issues. The Committee recommends that polytechnics should be branded. There should also be specialisation. You should not expect the same technical institution that is in Mombasa to be in Wajir. We need to have varieties. An area like Mombasa should have a polytechnic to train on marine related issues like boat making, repairing and development of maritime items. Each county should develop their own things. The Committee also recommended that County governments should have a clear framework for mainstreaming the need for the physically challenged in the education sector reforms. This is an important element of the integrated education system and a critical pillar for education to succeed. During our visits, we had forum with governors, education experts in counties, District Education Officers (DEOs) and the county executive members in charge of education. To some extent, the county executive officers in charge of education were deliberating on the challenges that existed there. The three counties enrolment is indicated in the appendix. It is shown there. We have recommended that certain counties should co-operate with the national Government to enhance the recruitment of ECD teachers. In fact, there have been rumours that there was a misunderstanding between the national Government and the county governments because the county executives in charge of education have already recruited ECD teachers. However, the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) wants to standardise the recruitment of EDC teachers. Most of the executives argued that the ECD was devolved a long time ago. They said that the ECD schools used to be run by parents. Parents used to pay school fees and that is how children used to be maintained. With those few remarks, I beg to move and request Sen. (Prof.) Lesan to second me and add other things that I may have left."
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