{"id":72271,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/72271/?format=json","text_counter":276,"type":"other","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"ABOLITION OF KENYA CERTIFICATE OF PRIMARY EDUCATION THAT, considering that Education is a fundamental human rights and every child is entitled to it; mindful that when we ensure that children have access to a rights-based, quality education that is rooted in gender equality, we create a ripple effect of opportunity that impacts generations to come; acknowledging that Education enhances lives and ends generational cycles of poverty and disease and provides a foundation for sustainable development; aware that quality basic education better equips girls and boys with the knowledge and skills necessary to adapt to socio- economic challenges and enable them take an active role in social, economic and political decision-making as they transit to adolescence and adulthood; further aware that educated adults are more likely to have fewer children, to be informed about appropriate child-rearing practices and to ensure that their children start school on time and are ready to learn; this House resolves that the Government abolishes the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education and provide for a continuous, uninterrupted education system from level one to form four in order to accord all Kenyan students universal basic education."}