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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the various categories for the educational centres are very important. The Bill provides a way to indicate how one can move from one to the other. Specifically, we have categorized this into two. We have private education centres that are owned and operated by private persons. Then we have sponsored public education centres that are actually going to be run by the public. Provision, therefore, is going to be given to exactly how one can convert. For example, one cannot convert from a public education centre to a private education centre. But one can convert from a private to a public centre. The Cabinet Secretary in Clause 27(3), in consultation with the county board, is the one who will make the necessary regulations that will allow the change, specifically from public to private centre. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have a clause that deals with the management of ECD education centres and how they are going to be run. Clause 29 sets a board of management. That is very important. The nature and distribution of this board will ensure that it can execute its mandate. It has one representative of the teaching staff, two providers of ECD; one public officer nominated by the county and others. This indicates the sort of level of professionalism and, indeed, knowledge that the board can bring into running the specific schools. Of course, the functions will also include mobilizing the parents, local communities and initiatives within the communities to ensure that everything is run well and appropriately, together with the parents and teachers association, in Clause 33, that will also work as a subsidiary body. Whenever the board recommends, then the parents and teachers association will be aware of this. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, again, the parents and teachers association has not been left without a clear mandate. Clause 33(2) deals with exactly what they are meant to do in detail, including maintaining good working relationship between teachers and parents, promoting quality care, nutritional and health status of the children, among other responsibilities. The reason we have a board, parents and teachers association and various principals and teachers who have to be trained is to ensure that everything will run smoothly, for the child to get an education that will be worthwhile. Since governance sometimes is a tricky area, we have also decided in this Bill to have an annual report that has to be given specifically on governance. Every public education centre shall have to submit this particular report to the county education board. That will be a compilation of the various schools and how they have been able to manage within a specific time. Therefore, they can talk about the problems that they have had and how they can solve them. Very critical also are the sort of teachers who will run the ECD centres. It is so sad that over and over again---"
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