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    "content": "from primary up to the secondary levels, so that we have that level of standardization across the board; is something, probably, as educationists, we need to think about and put into perspective. That, if we can have a format where we can have a very standardized system right from primary to secondary because nobody chooses to be born poor or be born in a family that is disadvantaged. When the disadvantage that a child already suffers is perpetrated because they are not going to be given an opportunity to do well because of the type of the school they go to, then it creates a little bit of a problem. Regarding the ECD and the level of ECD classrooms that are there, sometimes if we put this into perspective, we are looking at a situation where devolution has only been there for about two years. In the Committee on Education, we have gone to some of the schools as well across some of the counties and we found that in those schools which have made an initiative, some of the ECD classes are very impressive; but in others, they are not. The reason is, especially in some of the county governments, what has happened is that they have concentrated some of that money into primary schools rather than in secondary schools entirely because most of the parents who go to those schools will say “why are you just concentrating on ECD; why are you not concentrating on the primary?” There has been a confession from various governors that we visited as the Committee on Education who said that, sometimes, they have had also to put in some of the funds. I think the debate about devolution fully into the county, especially in terms of education is still a debate we want to go to in a substantial manner. But for now, let them be renamed and be called county schools; let the national government continue to play its role in terms of resources; and bring in those resources down to those specific county schools. For us here this afternoon, we all agree that it is all about the standards and enhancing those standards. Once we talk about those standards being enhanced, then we can move ourselves to a point where we know that across the board we can address the various issues and challenges that face the education sector. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, with those few remarks, I beg to reply."
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