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    "id": 890244,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 210,
        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. In addition to the request by Sen. (Dr.) Zani, the Chairman of the Committee on Education should tell this House and the country the following- (1) The policy, as pronounced by the immediate former CS for Education, was that regardless of the results garnered, every child who sat in the Standard Eight exams must go to Form One; or else parents will face penal action. He should, therefore, tell this House and the country whether the requirement for qualification to go to Form One after sitting for the examinations has been suspended or waived. (2) He should tell this House if the policy of the Government is that every child who goes to Standard Eight and does an exam, regardless of the outcome of the exam, must go to Form One, then what is the need of the Standard Eight exam? (3) If every child who sits for the Standard Eight exam must go to Form One, then what is the fate of the village polytechnics and other TVET institutions in the country? (4) If all the children who sit for the exams must transition 100 per cent to Form One, can the Government tell us how many teachers they have provided to secondary schools to accommodate this large number of children; how much fees, in contribution from the Government, is going to be made to schools; and more importantly, how much budgetary allocation has been made to construct physical facilities in terms of classrooms, dormitories and all other learning facilities in the schools. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir."
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