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    "id": 662355,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/662355/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kubai Iringo",
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        "legal_name": "Cyprian Kubai Iringo",
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    "content": "On the same note, I propose that once we pass this law, the Ministry should structure this ranking system so that it cannot be misused to encourage cheating or to turn students or pupils into only being robots of books. It should not be misused to poach teachers from some schools to others. It should be structured in such a way that it encourages healthy competition among students and schools. There are schools whose students score low marks. Bigger schools like Alliance High School, Mang’u High School, Maseno School and others take the cream of the students who have good marks. We should have a structure to categorise different classes of schools. For example, there are national schools which take a high standard of students and day schools which take students who get marks as low as 100. If all these categories are put into a structure and those structures are gauged nationally, then a school can be certain that it is competing against its peers and it would like to go far and achieve the best position. I strongly support the idea of ranking. At the end of the day, the Ministry should put in place proper structures which will encourage competition and improve our standards of education. However, we should also fight the vice of examination cheating. I support the Bill."
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