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    "content": "THAT, aware that Article 53(1)(b) of the Constitution provides that every child has the right to free and compulsory basic education; further aware in addition to providing free compulsory education, the Government is also implementing free tuition secondary education; appreciating the Government’s policy on achieving 100 per cent transition of pupils from primary to secondary schools; concerned that this policy has resulted in a stretch and strain of schools’ infrastructure and facilities as a result of the large number of students admitted to secondary schools; cognisant that there is strong evidence that adequate high quality infrastructure facilitates better instruction, improves student outcomes and reduces dropout rates, among other benefits; further cognisant that day secondary schools could be the key to ensuring widest access to secondary education, especially for students from humble backgrounds, due to their reduced cost in comparison with boarding schools; this House urges the Government to ensure that at least seventy (70) per cent of total funds allocated under the secondary schools’ infrastructure improvement programme is allocated to public day secondary schools to cater for improved infrastructure, and further that these funds be allocated as capitation grant. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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