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    "content": "focus from promoting and supporting the core idea that made them be put in place. That is why it is important at this point in time and through this Motion that we should say firmly that the Government needs to commit itself to the provision of quality, relevant education and training to its citizens at all levels. Vision 2030 singles out education and training as the vehicle that will drive Kenya to become a middle economy. In addition, the Constitution of Kenya 2010 has provided for free and compulsory basic education as a human right to every child. The IT sector accounts for about 5 per cent of the GDP exports in this country touching on about US dollars 30 million now as opposed to about US dollars 16 million ten years ago. The prospects of this industry are bound to be very bright in the future if it is mainstreamed in the whole breadth and width of the education spectrum. We intend as a country to become a knowledge-led economy where the creation, adoption and use of knowledge will be among the most critical factors of economic growth. The curriculum should, therefore, be aligned to address the aspirations of our Constitution and Vision 2030. Mr. Speaker, Sir, in 2010, a task force was formed on the education sector to realign our Vision 2030 with our Constitution. That task force reported that only 2 per cent of our schools have the necessary ICT infrastructure. The task force went ahead to make several recommendations, some of which I would want to cite in support of this Motion. One of the recommendations was that the content of basic primary and secondary education should be designed with a view of equipping the learners with the relevant knowledge that emphasizes on technology, innovation, entrepreneurship as per Vision 2030 and the development of learners to full potential. The other recommendation was that ICT institutional frameworks should be strengthened to allow efficient integration of ICT in the entire education centre with enhanced ICT capacity at all levels. There was to be established a national centre for ICT integration in education, otherwise called NACITE that should be devolved to the counties. The other recommendation was that there has to be provision of technical back-up in ICT initiatives in Government learning educational institutions. Lastly, that there should be adequate and well trained staff in all STIs that should be put in place and the curriculum to be regularly reviewed to meet the demand for skills that are constantly changing. Those were the recommendations that were made by that task force which had the very important role of aligning our Vision 2030 and our education system. If they are implemented, those recommendations will lead to an emergence of youthful tech-savvy innovators from all over the country and in all the counties unlike in the current situation where the majority of the innovators are only concentrated in Nairobi City. Reviewing this curriculum will give every Kenyan child an opportunity to be an innovator. With those few remarks, I wish to support this Motion and commend Sen. (Prof.) Lonyangapuo for thinking outside the norm."
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