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    "content": "education while the County Government is responsible for preprimary education, village polytechnics and home craft centers; COGNISANT that both levels of Government complement each other in promoting sustainable education; CONCERNED that the intake, uptake and quality of education in the Northern Kenya have adversely been affected owing to discrepancies in public resources allocation, insecurity, skewed staffing and teacher training in the region; FURTHER CONCERNED that both the school completion rate and the national examination outcomes in region are poor and that the number of students from Northern Kenya who qualify for core courses in universities, colleges, technical schools and village polytechnics is minimal compared to other parts of the country; NOTING WITH CONCERN that due to insecurity and other related concerns, the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) which is the body responsible for the employment and deployment of teachers, has in the recent past, taken steps to transfer non-local teachers from the northern region of Kenya to other parts of the country; CONCERNED THAT, the transfers have led to shortage of skilled teachers which has been a major cause of the dismal performance in examinations in schools in the region; NOW THEREFORE, the Senate resolves to task the Standing Committee on Education to conduct an inquiry into the challenges facing the education sector in Northern Kenya with a view to- (1) evaluating the effect of the teacher transfers from the region and recommending to the Ministry of Education, policy measures to address the challenge; (2) evaluating the status of the education infrastructure in the region and proposing solutions to mitigate the current and looming challenges; (3) proposing mechanisms for enhanced resource allocation at both levels of government to facilitate improved education facilities; and (4) assessing school intake compared completion levels in the region in order to ascertain the impact of the challenges facing the schools and how these disadvantages the region compared to other parts of Kenya and proposing ways of addressing the challenges. And that the Committee submits a report to the Senate within three months of adoption of this Motion by the Senate."
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