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    "content": "security threats? What message are we sending out to the world, particularly on the war on terror? I do not know whether we really understand the implications of this for ourselves and our friends everywhere in the world. A situation in which children cannot access education in any part of our country is absolutely not acceptable. It is for this reason that I feel strongly that we, as a country, should be prepared to take extraordinary measures to deal with the situation in north eastern region, including affirmative action in order to accommodate the unique situation in the three counties. Some of the measures have been proposed in this Motion. For example, I would strongly urge that the current freeze on the recruitment of teachers be lifted on an urgent basis, particularly in the three counties of north eastern region. This will ensure that the schools reopen and the teachers provide teaching and instruction to children in those counties. We know that there are school leavers in those three counties; young people who have left schools recently. Many of us, including Senators in this House, have gone through the hands of untrained teachers. There is no reason at this particular moment, considering the crisis that we face in north eastern region, we should not allow that region to recruit young people to man those schools, so that learning and instruction can continue, even as we wait for the trained teachers to be recruited later on. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we have been told of proposals by the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) to recruit retired teachers. Nowadays people retire at 60 years. Therefore, by the time most teachers retire, they will have taught for between 30 to 35 years. By the time they are 60 years old, they are tired. I do not know whether really those are the kind of teachers we need at this particular moment when we have the option of recruiting young people, although they may not be trained. We should introduce a crash programme for in-service training for these teachers, so that over the holiday period, they will go to appropriate institutions and acquire the skills and instructions on how to become teachers. I believe that in this matter, we should be able to get teachers in these schools to sustain learning and instructions in those institutions. We also need to take extraordinary measures for schools in North Eastern to enhance security. I believe that the national Government has the capacity to do that with a focus on enhancing security surveillance in institutions in the North Eastern region. The Government should give confidence to the people, so that learning and instruction can resume in those institutions. This is a very important Motion which deserves the backing and support of everyone of us in this Senate. I think that we should take this opportunity to urge the national Government to consider this as a matter of grave national importance for this nation. It should take appropriate measures to ensure that learning resumes in the three counties in the north eastern region. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I beg to support."
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