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    "id": 935156,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/935156/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nominated, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Prof.) Jacqueline Oduol",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 856,
        "legal_name": "Dennitah Ghati",
        "slug": "dennitah-ghati"
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    "content": "I understand the context of this Bill and the needs that we have in our country. There are very specific occurrences that seem to increasingly happen in our learning institutions and which, because of the current curriculum and the content which has not included disaster risk reduction, have affected, to a large extent, schools. I support the Bill because I see that it is going to be a basis for working towards being better prepared, not just from the point of view of the authorities in schools - the staff and the teachers - but most importantly that it will be an opportunity to build capacities particularly of the students. It will enable them to respond. So, it gives me great pleasure. When we take our children to school, our expectation is that they will move from ECD education programme to university. In our country, we have made effort to expand universities so that they are spread all over the country. However, we have continually heard people complain that our graduates are not prepared for the real world of work and that they are not prepared to solve problems. We have had people almost begin to question whether, indeed, the effort parents provide when they take children to school is paying off. In this regard, I particularly feel that this is a very important addition to our curriculum. If we ensure that we have in place a curriculum that will be contextualised on the needs and that will give those who are in schools an understanding of how they can protect themselves, that will be a very important addition to the outcome of our education programmes. I support the Bill because it is timely. It will enable our schools impart knowledge in students and staff on the way to reduce the risk of disasters. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, with this, I support. Thank you."
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