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    "speaker_name": "Prof. Olweny",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Education",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Patrick Ayiecho Olweny",
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    "content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a)The percentage of adult illiteracy in the 28 districts of the ASAL is 44 per cent. This rate is far much lower than the national average which is 61.5 per cent. (b)The Ministry has put the following strategies in place in order to increase the percentage of adult literacy in the ASAL:- (i) Setting up men-only classes to encourage men who due to cultural barriers feel uncomfortable learning in the same classroom with women. (ii) Development of Primers. These are basic literacy reading materials written in local languages to make learning friendlier to the adult learners. (iii) My Ministry recruited adult education teachers on full time basis. Most of them have been deployed to ASAL regions. (iv) Funding of the adult education centres in ASAL regions through the Kenya Education Centre Support Programme (KECSP). (v) We have established 49 community learning resource centres in many ASAL areas. (vi) As part of the endeavour to encourage adults and out of school youth pursue higher education, the Ministry is establishing continuing education centres in many parts of the country. For instance, as part of the Ministry’s performance contract for the year 2011/2012, the Ministry will establish at least 20 Continuing Education Centres (CEC) in 20 counties. Other 27 centres or more will be established during the financial year 2012/2013. (vii)The Ministry has employed part-time voluntary teachers who hail from the nomadic communities. It encourages these teachers to move along with the communities as they migrate in search of pasture so that continuity in learning is maintained. Out of the total part-time 3,000 teachers nationally, 1,074 are working in ASAL regions. Thank you."
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