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    "content": "a lot more seriously. You realize that you have schools that have children in some classes learning under trees. We have schools which are not regulated by the Ministry. The matter to pursue here in support of this Statement is that the burden of registration should not be left to the parents and school community. The Ministry of Education should be more proactive through their field officers, to make sure that when schools are beginning, especially in new settlements, they are registered if they meet the basic requirements. If they do not, then they should not be allowed to begin operating. It is a very sad state of affairs when schools begin operating, apply for registration and take six years before they are registered. When students or pupils in such schools want to register for national examinations, it becomes an issue. They are told they cannot sit for that examination because their schools are not registered and yet they have been operating for so many years. Mr. Speaker, Sir, proper registration of schools helps in two major ways; one, it is a basis for funding from the Government and the donor community. It becomes very difficult for development partners to put their resources in support of education in institutions that are not registered. Secondly, it is through the registration of schools that the Teacher Service Commission (TSC) posts teachers there. Mr. Speaker, Sir, as we look into that matter of the registration of schools in Bomet County, let us cast the net far and wide and generally look at the issue of registration of schools in every county in this country. I support the statement."
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