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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherargei",
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "I will proceed with your guidance, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. As I have said, early childhood education centres are key. Clause 6 goes further to say that county governments shall provide development of education centers for administration of childhood education within the counties. It also deals with issues provided for under the bill of rights, including marginalization and public awareness. The Bill also deals with the duty of parents and guardians, which I have elaborated. There is the thorny issue of hiring of early childhood education teachers. There is a tussle between the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) and county governments. I hope we will get a standardized way of employing early childhood education teachers across the country, so that we do not employ teachers who teach DICECE or Montessori. We should have a standard. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I hope that Sen. (Dr.) Langat is taking notes. We should factor in the issue of curriculum. Which curriculum will we follow? Will Nandi County, for example, have a different curriculum from Tharaka-Nithi County or Nakuru County? On the code of ethics, we should be guided by the TSC, which already has a code of ethics. If we standardize the way we employ teachers, we can agree on the code of ethics. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, when we register education centers it will be easy for the Cabinet Secretary (CS) for Education, in collaboration with the county governments, to monitor the transition rate from early childhood education centers that we have across the country to Class One. This was a brilliant idea. Of course, the sponsor of this Bill is a former don and so, he understands these things. On the issue of private early childhood education centers, there should be tougher requirements. This is because you will find some early childhood education centres 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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