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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Langat",
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        "legal_name": "Christopher Andrew Langat",
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    "content": "put in place the necessary strategies, plans, structures and mechanisms that will ensure that the right to early childhood is education is achieved. Madam Temporary Speaker, the Bill also provides for the manner in which early childhood education centres shall be established and the process of registration of such centres. Currently, such particular process of registration and monitoring does not exist. This Bill imposes a number of requirements for registration. Currently, anybody can start an early childhood center anywhere. There is no proper structure or framework that can guide the registration and establishment of these particular important centres for the foundation of education and life for our children. The Bill also provides for the establishment of mobile early childhood education schools, which are also required to undergo a registration process akin to that of permanent early education centres, albeit with few modifications. It also provides for the management of early childhood education centres by boards of management. Madam Temporary Speaker, an Early Childhood Development Education (ECDE) center is also expected to have its own separate board of management from those of other education sectors, like in primary and secondary schools. The reason for this is that ECDE centers have their own unique needs which tend to be overshadowed by those of primary schools, and which are often overlooked or ignored. It also provides for the establishment of Parent Teachers Association (PTA) in each ECDE center. The Bill takes into account the fact that public ECDE centers may be sponsored by private persons or religious institutions. It, therefore, provides that such sponsors should not influence the curriculum or in any way compromise the quality of education to be administered. Madam Temporary Speaker, the Bill calls for the provision of administration of early childhood education system in the county, including the manner in which curriculum is to be administered in ECDE centers. The Bill also provides for free admission into public ECDE centers and it sets the age of admission into the center as three years of age and not more than six years. It also provides that the school may use child birth certificates or immunization cards to determine the age of the child. The Bill also prohibits the administration of exams for purposes of admission into ECDE centers. The Bill also imposes, on application, on every ECDE center administering or intending to administer a foreign curriculum, to apply and to obtain accreditation from the respective County Education Board under Section 17 of The Basic Education Act. The Bill sets out the application and evaluation process and circumstances under which such accreditation may be revoked. It further provides for the establishment of an Early Childhood Quality Assurance Committee (ECQAC) in each county. This committee is to be responsible for implementation and ensuring adherence to the standards and guidelines on quality assurance development by education standards and the Quality Assurance Council (QAC), as established under Section 64 of The Basic Education Act. Madam Temporary Speaker, the Bill also provides for the safety and protection of children in education centers by imposing an obligation on the board of management in each education center to ensure that the education centers meet the requirements of the safety and health regulation, to ensure that the environment is safe and secure for learning. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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