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    "id": 516786,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Prof.) Nyikal",
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        "legal_name": "James Nyikal",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to move:- THAT, the Motion be amended as follows:- (i) Subject to deletion of the words “reverts to the ranking system” appearing immediately after the word “immediately” in line 10 and substituting thereof with the words “establishes a comprehensive ranking system with clear criteria”; and, (ii) Subject to insertion of the following new words immediately after the closing bracket at the end of the word “KCSE” in the last line: “The ranking system should take into consideration the recommendations of the reports of various task-forces on education in this country.” I seek those amendments because ranking is good in enhancing competition. However, competition needs to be in a level playing field. Ranking will enhance competition and guide parents and students in the choice of schools that they would like to go to or take their children to. Ideally, ranking should take into consideration all the factors that are important in education, including infrastructure, teacher to student ratio, discipline and fees paid in the school. All those are important factors. Unless this is done, we have a system that gives us a summation assessment of the student, but has nothing to do with the process through which the student has gone. So, all you get is somebody who you can say passed the exam. It really does not tell you how much is in the character of the person or the ability of the person to adapt. The biggest question in our schools today is: When our children pass highly or at whatever level, are they able to adapt or is it just rote knowledge that they have acquired through rote learning? The ranking system that we have now---"
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