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    "content": "Speaker, as promised by the Jubilee administration, the Government has rolled out the Digital Literacy Programme to public primary schools across the country. The Government targets to finish distributing the remaining ones before the end of this year. To further entrench digital literacy among our children, and cover the remainder of the pupils across the county, I have allocated Kshs13.4 billion for deployment of digital devices to schools. Hon. Speaker, to further support the development in our secondary schools, I have allocated Kshs0.3 billion for the upgrading of national schools. Hon. Speaker, Kenya’s education system is highly ranked regionally and globally. This means, Kenya has strength in its talent pool and could leverage to attract investors as well as become a strong exporter of talent in the region. Indeed, the ongoing curriculum review effort which shifts to a competency based framework is an essential part of the drive for retaining Kenya’s competitive human resource advantage. Towards this end, the Government will concentrate on improving the technical, vocational training and university quality, attracting and retaining the best talent, producing job market ready talent domestically and for the world. In this regard, Hon. Speaker, 60 Technical and Vocational Colleges (TVCs) have been constructed with an additional 70 TVCs still under construction and expected to be completed by June, 2017. In addition, Hon. Speaker, the Government is also in the process of equipping the existing institutions with appropriate training equipment. To further support the growth of technical institutions in the country, I have allocated Kshs6 billion for technical, vocational education and training in this Budget. As we forge towards industrialisation, the technical training institutes will become indispensable for developing skills needed in the industrial sector. Hon. Speaker, enrolment in our universities both public and private has risen, owing to among others, the establishment of the Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS) which has ensured equitable placement of learners in both public and private universities, as well as colleges, a departure from the past when central admissions were the preserve of public universities. Acknowledging the importance of university education, I have provided Kshs83.8 billion for university education. Further, Hon. Speaker, to enable our students finance their university education, I have allocated Kshs10.1 billion to the Higher Education Loans Board (HELB). Hon"
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