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    "content": "established several schools within walking distance so as to aid access by pupils and students and to shorten the distance that they have to walk to get to the schools. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the efforts by the Government to ensure access, retention and completion is welcome. I, however, wish to bring to the attention of this House that some of the said schools are not registered. These schools include such schools but not limited to Tirgaga. There is also a high school referred to as Magindo Secondary School. A few minutes ago, somebody sent me a message regarding Salait Secondary School which is in Singorwet Ward which is not registered. These schools have classes up to Form Three, meaning the students will be entering Form Four next year. The reason as to why some of these schools are not registered is because they are purported not to be having the minimum number of pupils that are required for a school to be registered. Mr. Speaker, Sir, failure to register schools means that the schools will not get Government grants; that is the free capitation of these secondary schools, hence derailing development in the said schools. The schools do not get funding from the National Government and they do not also get teachers that are well trained, meaning such students would normally be taught by any other person that may in this case avail themselves to teach in schools with very little salaries. This definitely affects the quality of education and the students are unable to compete favourably with their counterparts who are in registered schools. Further, this year the Government streamlined ways of supplying text books to all registered schools in the country. This means that schools that are not registered will not be in the register of receiving the right number of textbooks at the right time and even the right quality because when schools are not registered, that means they are not recognized and so they are not in the particular list that I have mentioned. In addition to this, you will realize that such schools will not also enjoy the issue of evaluation by the Directorate of Quality Assurance and Standards. Therefore, this begs the question; what type of education is going on in such schools? One would really wonder why such schools are allowed to start developing or in this case, to admit students in the first case. If they continue in this order, it means at the end of four years the students that get out of these schools will be half-baked students or in this case, they cannot even fit into the various training colleges that are available on the job market. Mr. Speaker, Sir, there is need, therefore, to re-look into the regulations on registration of schools with a view to amending them to allow schools that have met all the other registration criteria, other than the number of students or pupils, to be registered. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I, therefore, invite the Committee on Education and the Cabinet Secretary for Education to consider the current school registration regulations vis-a-vis the status of schools with a view to coming up with recommendations that will ensure that our children are able to access schools, but at the same time ensure the standards are maintained in the said schools. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir."
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