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    "content": "secondary school. Perhaps, that is what we should do. After all, a good number of our army officers in the barracks are literally idle. With the kind of enemy we are facing, we do not know whether it should be a police, an army or a National Intelligence Service (NIS) officer’s job so that we work to flush terrorists out. I urge the Government to hear the cry of Sen. Hassan, on behalf of his people, that we must have teachers in that area. The prayer of the Mover of this Motion was that untrained teachers should be allowed to teach in those areas. We have a shortage of teachers everywhere in the country. There is a serious shortage of teachers even in areas where security is not a problem. Whether it is official or non-official, where I come from, untrained teachers are the order of the day. You may find that 15 teachers are needed in a school yet the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has posted only 10 or 12 teachers. To cater for the deficit, parents get together and employ other teachers. That is unofficial but it already takes place. The Mover is saying that this is the real situation. We need teachers. I would like to support one of the speakers who said that there are very many trained teachers who do not have jobs. We urge some of them to take up jobs in the north eastern region. However, that will require that there is either a police station or a police post well manned by police personnel to make sure that the teachers are safe. The vehicles that they use while going to or from work stations must also be escorted by properly armed police officers. When you know that there is a hole somewhere and you may fall into it, you do not throw yourself inside. So, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, Sen. Hassan is quite right on the issue of untrained teachers. If there are very many people who, maybe, Muslims in the region and, therefore, nobody will want to kill them, we should give them a chance if they have acquired education up to Form Four. Those who have trained in other fields but are not employed could teach lower classes. The ones with higher qualifications could teach secondary schools. With those few remarks, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I strongly support this Motion. The Government should institutionalise untrained teachers programme starting off with the north eastern region. In due course, it should happen everywhere else in the country because shortage of teachers is universal. Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I beg to support."
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