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"content": "It also deals with what to do in cases where the institution does not follow particular rules and where it has also been deregistered. If the process of deregistration is unfair, there is a provision for a tribunal where the institution can appeal to and they will be heard. There is provision for cancellation of registration altogether and also for mobile schools. We know that this has been a problem in areas where there are pastoralists and students are moving from one place to another. This Bill ensures that there is no excuse why any child should be unable to be in school especially in a system of education and at this early level. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it not only touches on the sort of sponsors, but also ties them up within the curriculum that has to be offered in the school and the registration processes for the Early Childhood Development Education (ECDE) centres. We know of instances where some people have opened ECDE centres in a home and sometimes, in a particular area, maybe where people move up and down. Those areas are not conducive for development and learning of the child. This Bill addresses this at the level of a board, parents and committees within the various boards that are very well established. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it also requests for an annual report on governance. The board must give an annual report on governance, raising the various issues that are within the school, including record-keeping and teaching staff. It identifies who the teaching staff are and what the ratio is. It, therefore, addresses all the things, which are very critical and important. The framework for curriculum is key. The teacher to child ratio as well is very important. Probably the most ingenious part of this Bill is actually in Part VII, which talks about quality assurance. It addresses issues like the safety equipment, for example, ensuring that the type of education that the child receives, right from the outset, will catapult them to a level where they will have an interest in education per se, and they will be able to move in a systematic way up to the highest level. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, on the issue of public participation, Clause 4 is very clear. There is the right to free and compulsory education, but there is also the right to public participation in the processes that actually bring this process into the fore. In Clause 5, the county governments’ responsibility is very clearly stated. The same issues are canvassed to ensure that early childhood is well supervised, and the availability and accessibility of these particular education systems. Each county will make sure that the public education centres that are necessary are also created. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for a long time, especially in many of the counties, there is no interest generally from education personnel in terms of the sort of education that is offered in ECDEs. The only difference is that there was no Bill to manage that. In terms of the infrastructure, everything that is given out is very clear now. It enables particular centres to go out of their way and follow the stipulations that have been given in this specific Bill. Therefore, there is no aspect that is left out; be it registration, process, provision, the curriculum or how to appeal for a particular registration process that has been set out. All these have been well canvassed within the Bill. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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