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    "id": 700283,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/700283/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ndiritu",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 1539,
        "legal_name": "Samuel Mathenge Ndiritu",
        "slug": "samuel-mathenge-ndiritu"
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    "content": "Immediately we had lunch, we would all go to class and sleep. Today, you will find a child doing homework at 10.00 p.m. I happen to have worked in a school offering the British Curriculum and children in Standard One or what they call Year Three, purely play. They even have piped water where they mould using matope. I hope I am not out of order. We have unknowingly been subjecting our children to a lot of stress. They are allowed to play with figures and models and the learning process is pleasurable. However, in our case, we have made it unbearable for our children. I wish parents could realise this and let children to be children. I would also like to talk about facilities. In most public schools, nursery school classrooms are in the worst conditions. In some cases, the floor is not cemented. Sometimes they are made of mud or off-cuts. The children sit on dusty floors and the teachers are barely paid. I would like to congratulate some county governments who have taken up the challenge and built a number of ECDE classrooms. I also congratulate those who have offered the alternative. Players in the private sector have provided good learning facilities for children. They provide good day care services. The only problem with private ECDE centres is that they overwork the children. They subject children to a lot of stress in that they cover Standard One and Two work when they are barely five years old. Some county governments have taken over the ECDE. We now have better facilities in public schools. We have seen them put up quite a number of ECDE classrooms. The problem is that they have not employed teachers. We should have enough trained ECDE teachers. With the many opportunities for training by colleges and universities, we can have trained ECDE teachers. It is now possible to get many trained ECDE teachers to support and work in our public institutions."
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