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    "speaker_name": "Hon. A.B. Duale",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "He did it on Cheche the whole morning and now he is transferring the same to the Chamber. The reason against ranking as given by the taskforce was that ranking of schools in accordance with performance in the national examinations causes teachers to be preoccupied with testing and examination at the expense of character molding. In 2008, in this House and I was a Member, there was indiscipline in schools. The Committee on Education led by hon. David Koech did an inquiry into student unrest and strikes in secondary schools. You will remember that there were strikes. That Parliamentary Committee in the last Parliament recommended that ranking of schools in order of performance in national examinations was one possible root-cause of unrest in schools. Teachers give students leakage for them to pass. When students realise that they are unable to pass, there are a lot of strikes and unrest prior to examinations. Hon. Isaac Rutto and hon. Aden Keynan were Members of that Committee. In 2010, the Task Force on the Alignment of the Education Sector to the Constitution of Kenya, 2010, was formed by the Government. The report of the task force was presented in February 2012. It was chaired by Prof. Douglas Odhiambo, a respected Kenyan educationist. What did he report? In his Recommendation 6.1, he told KNEC to abolish ranking of schools and students when releasing examination results. He gave the reason that ranking of schools based on examination performance has brought about a lot of negative effects. For example, head-teachers of schools that are ranked low often get demoralised and others even commit suicide. Secondly, he said that pupils who score low grades and are ranked regard themselves as failures in life. Some of them commit suicide. This is a report of a task force that was led by Prof. Douglas Odhiambo. In 2014, there was the Kilemi Mwiria Commission. I am about to finish. He says that the current system of ranking schools should be reviewed and a more comprehensive system should be established. In a nutshell, I am a victim of the poor ranking system. In the last Parliament, about 60 per cent of the exams in my constituency were cancelled. Ranking is used by private primary and secondary schools to entice parents to take their children there. When their school is number one in the constituency, parents remove their children from the other schools and take them to that school. 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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