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    "content": "ourselves whether education is well placed as a national function or should we move it to the county so that it becomes a county function where the governors can closely monitor education within those counties. When we do this, both children and the teachers will feel part of the system. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, when the results for KCSE came out, it was realized that provincial schools are doing better than national schools. So, we need to ask ourselves whether it is just the facility that we build or is it a national school. Many parents prefer a provincial school than a national school. So, when we talk about adult education, we should also aim at looking at education holistically and find a way of assisting those who missed out a chance to go to school when they were young. We do not want children to sit in class with their grandparents. So, we need a good system of adult education so that our grandparents, parents and even our brothers who never went to school can benefit in one way or another. The AEP system was clear because it was not just about education, but also understanding the whole system and going through exams like other students. Today, we have given privileges to our pensioners. They are able to come out, do examinations and move on to a better life. We have young people who are wondering how they can go back to school and how they will fit in the class. If there was clear process of adult education, then these young people would get into class, do examinations and move on to the next level. We are supposed to exit from that and say that we have those who have gone to school to a certain level. They were unable to go to Form one, probably, they want to join adult education and even sit for four form examinations. If there was a policy to look at the issue broadly and even to look at recruitment, we would make sure that they get their certificates. The adult education we are talking about here could assist adults discover their talents. Those who are at the ages of between 15, 16, 17 and 18, but did not do their examinations, have also different talents. They can go to polytechnics, move on and build themselves. As I support, we must make sure that this Motion will be implemented by the county governments. This function can be devolved from the national Government. Right now, we do not know which department is in charge of adult education in county governments. I hope it is still under the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology. One time, it was under Culture and Social Services. Therefore, it is within the devolved function. We need to ask ourselves where we took the whole department. Is it in the Ministry of Devolution and Planning or the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology? If it is still under the Ministry of Education, then we need to ask ourselves the next question. How do we negotiate with the Ministry of Education to revamp it and ensure that the departments that are within the regions have adult classes going on? We also need to know whether they are sitting examinations like they used to do. I support."
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