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    "content": "In 2015, which is next year, we are supposed to have education for all in the whole world and Kenya is a signatory to that convention. What is worrying is that we are at a low level and should think about our people. The only institution which is available is the Adult Education Programme (AEP). The AEP aims at providing lifelong skills and not necessarily formal education to pass examinations. This provides knowledge to people to live well and not necessarily to write compositions. This is to prepare this person to know the environment, when the rains come and how to bank the little money that he or she gets from the sales of animals and so on. This is what is lacking. So, AEP was started in 1979 by the Government; it seeks to solve the problem of having to educate informally that population which needs education. These people could have missed access to formal education because of the environment where they come from or the kind of economic activities practiced by the community. These are the people that we are looking forward to helping. The moment we help these people, we will be seen like eradicating ignorance, which is one of the three evils. That can be done through AEP. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, not very many people know about AEP. If you asked where the department is located, not very many would tell you. They would tell you to go to either Jogoo House or the Teachers Service Commission (TSC). But it is located in Re-insurance Plaza, 13th Floor. The secretariat has 170 staff. The last time that they employed teachers was in 2010. They employed 800 teachers who are supposed to teach the whole country. How can 800 teachers teach 300 students who have already enrolled in adult literary? We are in 2014 and have only a year to meet the target of education for all in the world. Therefore, we need to work miracles. The only miracle that we can do is to help the Ministry of Education, through the Directorate of Adult Education, to provide more teachers, classrooms and better curriculum, which is based on the environment. This is the avenue where we can provide information about diseases, poverty and peace. This is the kind of education that we are looking forward to, and it can only be done through adult education. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, in the past, the Government was shy to provide money for this. It was supposed to provide 3 per cent of its budgetary allocation last year, but provided only one per cent. One per cent cannot cater for much. They have no vehicles and the secretariat has 170 staff. They cannot even move from one place to another. There is also no inspectorate division. There is no infrastructure; no permanent classes. That is the reason you will find a 42-year old woman at Kenya High School today. That lady is expected to take activities like any other girl. That will give that lady what we can call cultural shock. She is permanently worried. I am sure that by the time of doing the KCSE, she might not be there. This is an indicator that there is need for the Government to pay more attention to the adults who would like to be literate than they are doing now. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I beg to move and ask Sen. Mshenga to second."
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