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    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/662251/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wakhungu",
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        "legal_name": "Chrisantus Wamalwa Wakhungu",
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    "content": "Ranking is done everywhere even in the animal kingdom. Even when it comes to politics, when we go for our elections, we are always ranked in terms of who is number one, two or three, so that number one is declared the winner. Earlier on, we had a provision where the KNEC was ranking schools in terms of their performance. Article 35 of the Constitution gives a provision that every Kenyan has a right to information that is held by the State. Sometimes back, Professor Kaimenyi came up with the issue of banning ranking of schools and this has put this country into confusion. As a matter of fact, you realise that immediately after the release of results, the excitement which used to be there when results are released is no longer there. Afterwards, you find journalists trying to get information and data from here and there and continue to do further analysis on ranking which is actually misleading. This Bill seeks to create a provision for the Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC), as the only body in charge of administration of exams, to have a structured way of ranking schools. There are different categories of schools. There are national schools, county schools and day schools which all have different challenges. The essence of coming up with a structured criterion of ranking those schools is to remove that bias. The challenges at the national level are different from the challenges at the county level. Kenyans should have access to information and conduct further statistical analysis to know the mean score in a given county or county schools and the ranking of the national schools. Maybe we can establish a trend analysis. Maybe a given school has been allocated resources. We want to see whether those resources are positively impacting on performance. This is a very critical Bill. The stakeholders in the education sector have been on the frontline. We have seen the Kenya Union of Post-Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET), the Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT), the church, private schools and many other sponsors being involved in this issue. We want to see an improved performance. This Bill will The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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