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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Dido",
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        "legal_name": "Col (Rtd) Ali Rasso Dido",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this Bill. I wish to support this Bill primarily on the principle and the spirit of the Bill itself. This Bill is one that must find itself as an authority that checks on the educational standards and qualifications in this country. It may also find itself as an Act within education. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, it is really not the business of this House to talk about this Bill, particularly in the light of the ballooning wage bill. The business of this House is to legislate. If it does not capture the spirit or the role of this House in terms of legislation, then within education sphere, the Bill itself is not necessary. If we go by what the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) is trying to advise the Government to do in terms of cutting pay to reduce the wage bill, I think that is a very short-term benefit to this country. In many countries, you have the national vocational qualification so that at every grade or level, you put an individual within a tier system based on the education or skill qualification. I think generally this has been lacking in this country. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, enacting Bills in the National Assembly is a process. By the time it reaches the debating Chamber, many thoughts would have gone into the process. With regard to tertiary education, we have seen exponential growth of university and college education since 1990s. Whereas the Government has been licensing those colleges and universities, I think we may have to set up standards to harmonize qualifications across universities and colleges. We realize that every day a new college comes up or a college that has been existing starts a new course. We may see conflicts in terms of the quality of courses offered by different universities and yet they have been duly accredited. I think through such Bill or an Act, we will then be able to brace ourselves competitively in the globe. We must appreciate that this country is growing in many The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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