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    "id": 951028,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/951028/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Seme, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) James Nyikal",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this Bill. This is an extremely important Bill. Early childhood education commonly referred to as nursery schools have been looked at as institutions you can put in the corner of a school, get anybody who has got some secondary or primary education to look after them, yet this is probably the most important part of education. Early Childhood Education is not to a large extent education per se, but it is to look at the development of the child in the earliest ages, so that education is harmonised with development. This is the period that for many children, they are very great changes in development that is occurring physically and mentally. Therefore, if it is not handled well, any errors that occur at this stage will affect the child for life. So, it is something that we should look at. This is the time you can pick certain disabilities that may be so silent like autism that people may not know. You will then stream the children early, so that they can get the benefit of education later on in life. It is not just teaching the children to read and write, but also looking at the development of the child. Moreover, this is the foundation that later on, as I said, if the children have been properly streamed, they can pick into primary and secondary education. That is also important because a massive change is going on in this country. We may not realise it, but I think we do. If you look at the competence-based education, it is a massive change that we are still struggling with. We have to know where it is going. We are looking at 100 per cent enrolment which is going to take away exams that we are having at Grade 7 now."
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