{"id":424180,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/424180/?format=json","text_counter":27,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. (Prof.) John Lonyangapuo","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":447,"legal_name":"John Krop Lonyangapuo","slug":"john-lonyangapuo"},"content":"Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to give notice of the following Motion:- THAT, aware that research is a mystified domain which remains a preserve of selected Government agencies, academic institutions of higher learning and a few other organizations; concerned that even in the said institutions of learning, research is usually introduced at post-graduate level; further concerned that research has not been prioritized and very low funding is channelled towards it; the Senate calls upon the National Government to:- a) take deliberate measures to cascade research to lower level of education right from early childhood education level; b) inculcate and institutionalize research by introducing it as a compulsory discipline at all levels of education; c) develop a clear policy and legal framework to guide the development and sustainability of research at all levels of education; and d) increase funding for research by allocating at least 1 per cent of the national Budget to research. Thank you."}