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    "id": 713233,
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    "speaker_name": "November 30, 2016 SENATE DEBATES 25 Sen. Karaba",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, in Nairobi, we have Pangani Girls which has been elevated to national school status. Otherwise, there are quite a number of national schools in Nairobi County. It is the same thing in Kiambu County because we have a number of national schools there. We have the Alliance Boys’ and Alliance Girls’. In Nakuru County, we have Nakuru Boys’ and Nakuru Girls’. We then have two national schools in every county. The number of old national schools are 18. We also have 18 new national schools. These include Mang’u and Starehe Girls’. 2) The Senator also wanted to Chairperson to state how much money was allocated to each school to enable them transform to national school status. The answer to that is; the amount of money allocated to each school to transform them to national school status was to Kshs25 million. Each of the 18 old national schools was allocated Kshs48 million. 3) The Senator also wanted the Chairperson to explain the rationale that guided the aforementioned allocation in (1) above. The rationale that guided the aforementioned allocation was the need to establish enough national schools. It was as a result of; i) The Sessional Paper No. 1 of 2005. ii) Continuous demand for national schools places by the public iii) Presidential directive in January 2011 for the Ministry to establish additional national schools. The Sessional Paper No. 1 of 2005 outlined the policy framework for expanding access, equity and quality of education. In addition, in the Constitution of Kenya 2010, the education sector has been charged with the responsibility of fostering national unity and social cohesion. This is besides offering quality education and preparing the learners for the job market. In the Sessional Paper, the Government through the Ministry of Education was to work towards establishment of two national schools, one for either gender in counties that had none. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the objectives here were:- (1) To enhance access and ease pressure on the demand for Form One places in already existing national schools. (2) To enhance national cohesion and integration. (3) To stimulate academic excellence and improve education standards in all counties for national development (4) To improve and expand infrastructural facilities for the provision of quality education. (5) To enhance equity in line with the new Constitution. The Ministry of Education planned to elevate provincial secondary schools to national status in three phases of 30:30:27. The Ministry developed criteria to determine schools to be elevated. The criteria is as follows:- (a) Consistent good performance in KCSE exams. (b) Equity:- (i) Geographical distribution. (ii) Affirmative action: in exceptional cases, where no school in the entire county meets the set criteria, affirmative action would be applied. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate"
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