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    "content": "children or pupils in the villages will be poor and they will not compete with those children in towns, because they cannot speak English. I remember there is a child I had adopted from Butere, and when this child came under my care and I took her for an interview, she could not even speak English. This was just because in the village, they use their vernacular language or Kiswahili for communication. So, I think we need to set up standards of education that are the same in all counties. In Trans Nzoia, the county government has taken upon itself to recruit teachers for the ECD; two for every school. However, they cannot cope with the situation because there are very many wards. I would like the national Government to give a hand in the recruitment of teachers and support counties to take off. This is an area that has been left behind. It is lacking, wanting and that is why you will find children in rural areas who cannot compete with those in towns or major cities like Nairobi. With regard to the feeding programme, we used to give children milk in school. A child from a poor family who takes black tea for breakfast would be very glad to go to school because during tea break, the teacher will give him or her milk. This encourages children to go to school and learn and to also open up to teachers. Children who have problems at home, for instance, those whose parents have fought, go to school while sad or sulky and the teachers pick this straight away. Teachers talk to the children and find a way forward for them. So, going to school is very important. We need to put more emphasis on the ECD level because it is from there that we will pick out professors and even Presidents. Some of us are products of ECDs. I went to an ECD school when I was three years old. This was a boarding school and I stayed there until I completed my Form Four education. I then moved to Nairobi to proceed with the Form Five and Six. So, the ECD is very important. I support and appeal to the national Government to give a hand in form of grants."
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