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    "id": 662362,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/662362/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Odanga",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 2286,
        "legal_name": "Geoffrey Makokha Odanga",
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    "content": "Some of us who went to school a little while ago were only aware of schools that had students who had scored Division I, Division II and Division III grades. We were not bothered about those who had scored a “Z” grade and they were very many. We were able to know that Sigalame High School, St. Paul’s Amukura High School, Friends School Kamusinga High School or Kakamega High School were doing very well and, therefore, we would take our children to those schools. We knew the best schools. If we have to go for the structured ranking, there are several questions that we need to answer. Are students in national schools, county and sub-county schools going to sit for the same exams? Even if we rank them in their categories, will they be doing the same or different examinations? Issues of infrastructure have been addressed. The Ministry of Education needs to do better because it has failed to evenly provide infrastructure in our schools. There are schools in certain counties in this country that receive infrastructure development funds yet some schools in some sub-counties get nothing. Before these issues are addressed, let us not talk about ranking. Let us do the ranking as we used to do it in class. We would know that certain students were first, second and third or they got Division I, Division II or Division III grades. Let there be individual grades. The idea of putting all students together and saying that they have a certain mean score when one student has a “D” (Minus) and another one has an “A” is not wise. Unless we address the issues of virtues against vices, ranking is going to do more harm than good to this country. Therefore, unless those issues are addressed, I will not support the ranking of schools as it is now."
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