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"content": "do not do the right thing, the accreditation can be revoked. This is to ensure that quality of education is adhered to. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, as we move to various other issues such as no written exams, learning has to be activity based. This is because we are dealing with young children who should be experimenting and, therefore, they should enjoy their education. Two systems are going to be put into place in terms of hours for running ECDE centres; half day from 8.00a.m to noon and full day which is about 8.00a.m. to 3.00 p.m. However, when this is operationalised, most of the children will go up to noon because even in the centres where they are going to be kept up to 3.00p.m, it is usually a way to support the systems and help parents to get other work done. Most people stop work from 3.00 p.m. to 4.00 p.m. So, it is more of a programme that allows them to rest in the afternoon rather than giving them a lot of work that needs to be done. This will give them the opportunity to concentrate on the various things that they are doing. Evaluation on application will, therefore, ensure that these standards will be kept over time and followed at the end of the day. There is also a mechanism to ensure that they have been put into place and, of course, the fact that they can be revoked makes it serious that they must continue with this. By agreeing as a country to ensure that we have education for all, we gave ourselves the responsibility to ensure that every child has the education that is key. As signatory to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the goal of education which is clearly stipulated, there should not be any inequality which, again, Kenya adheres to. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, in Article 2(6) of the Constitution, we have tied ourselves to the Statutes and the Conventions that this country is a signatory to. Some of those Conventions are the ones that we want to ensure the standards are kept high because most of the time, the focus is not on ECDE. I think this is the strength of this Bill; to ensure that we get it right with the child from the word, go. If we get it wrong, then we will find a child who is not interested in learning and maybe this child is the future engineer, pilot, teacher, doctor, clerk or lawyer. So, it is very important to ensure that this has been put into place at the right time. Therefore, quality assurance is serious and a representative of Education Standards and Quality Assurance Council will sit in the committee that I had alluded to earlier on, just to ensure the standards are maintained and implemented at any given time. Safety and equipment is very critical. That is why the accreditation process is going to take even a site visit to the specific area to ensure that they actually conform to the expectations. At the end of the day, proper examination will be done at specific sites to ensure safety and that buildings are done well. For example, in schools where they have children with disabilities, there must be ramps for them to move safely within their environment and do various things. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, corporal punishment has been addressed in other legislation and also as a policy. We have taken a position of non-corporal punishment and so does this Bill. I remember at one time when I went to visit my very young daughter of about three years old in school, I found her with a mark across the cheek, suggesting that"
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