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    "id": 946821,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/946821/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mathare, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Anthony Oluoch",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13425,
        "legal_name": "Anthony Tom Oluoch",
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    "content": " Pursuant to Standing Order No. 44(2)(c), I wish to request for a Statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Education regarding the imminent closure of informal schools across the country. The Basic Education Regulations, 2015, were gazetted by the Cabinet Secretary for Education on 4th April 2015 for the mapping, recognition, registration and provision of other benefits to Alternative Provision of Basic Education and Training Schools, otherwise known as APBET. The Basic Education Regulations have not been comprehensively incorporated into the Basic Education Act 2013 to fully embrace and mainstream APBET schools into the formal education structure or systems and further the legal framework governing the APBET schools is unclear and cumulative effect of this ambiguity violates the rights to quality free basic education for every child. The ABET is conducted by schools largely found in informal settlements and slum areas and are categorised or described as schools that are neither public nor private. Further, APBET schools comprise 70 per cent of schools in informal settlements and lack infrastructure and basic amenities and have no budgeted provisions under the Ministry of Education. The informal schools across the country are currently facing imminent closure following a Government reactionary decision made as a result of the death of eight pupils at Precious Talent Top School in Nairobi’s Dagoretti South. 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."
}