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    "content": "Clause 46 of the Bill be amended— (a) in subsection (2) by deleting the words “county executive committee member” and substituting therefor the word “relevant stakeholders including the national and county quality assurance bodies”; (b) in subsection (4) by deleting the words “county executive committee member” and substituting therefor the words “Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development”; (c) by deleting sub-clause (5); (d) in sub-clause (6) by deleting the words “county executive committee member” and substituting therefor the word “Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development” The justification is that consultation should be held with all the concerned stakeholders, including the CECs in charge of education in all counties, teachers and parents. The curriculum that is taught in all ECD centres will be standardised to ensure equal standards as the children will require similar educational foundation when they transit to primary school. This is to ensure that the process of setting up educational standards is consultative or inclusive of all the stakeholders in the society. In sub section (b), we are doing an amendment to give the mandate of curriculum development to KICD as mandated by Section (5) of the KICD Act. The KICD is responsible for the review of curriculum programmes for all levels of education except universities. Therefore, we do not want to introduce other bodies to undertake review of the curriculum for early childhood education. We want to make sure that we have a set standard of curriculum across the country. In sub section (c), the justification is that the provision is a repetition of sub-clause 1. That is why we introduced the amendment. Lastly, the KICD is the relevant body to review the curriculum and publish it. If we allow many bodies to undertake that function, we will cause a problem of standardisation."
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