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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Tinderet, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Julius Melly",
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        "legal_name": "Julius Kipbiwot Melly",
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    "content": "of all the ECDEs across the country shall be developed by the KICD in conjunction with the CECM. Part V of the Bill provides for the accreditation of ECDE offering foreign curriculum by the CEB. An education centre shall submit an application for accreditation. We are talking about foreign curricula. We have certain ECDE centres in this case. They offer foreign curricula. Those which offer GCE or other type of curricula have to be accredited or approved by the CEBs. Most of those are very common in the City of Nairobi, where we have a number of educational institutions offering foreign curricula. On the same note, the Bill provides that the certificate of accreditation shall be valid for five years and renewable subject to the education centre meeting the prescribed conditions. We are in this case talking about the Early Childhood Education Centre Accreditation. It should also be noted that the Bill provides for the revocation of certificate where an education fails to comply with a standard of accreditation. The Part mandates the CEB to establish and maintain a register of accredited centres. This register shall be open to the public for inspection. That is a matter for quality assurance. That is very mandatory to quality assure the various centres across the country, so that every centre meets particular well established criteria for them to operate. Part VII of the Bill provides for quality assurance. It enables the County Early Childhood Education Quality Assurance Committee (CECEQAC), which shall be in consultation with the County Education Standards Council (CESC) to ensure the maintenance of standards of education and implementation of guidelines and policies formulated by the council. This is a very important thing. I think it is going to ensure that all ECDE centres are established and run as required by law. Part VIII of the Bill is on safety and protection of children in an education centre. Under this Part, Section 64(1) states: The board of management in each education centre under this Act shall — (a) maintain premises that meet the requirements of the occupational health, safety regulations and building standards; (b) ensure the welfare and safety of the pupils, teachers, non-teaching staff and other persons within the institution; and, (c) put in place fire-fighting equipment, first aid and other emergency equipment and non-prescription medicine as the county executive committee member may prescribe. This is an important part, especially on safety of learners. We consider the fact that they are young. Most of them are defenseless. They cannot escape accidents easily. It is good that the Bill has clearly prescribed the following aspects about the safety of learners in terms of what the County Executive Committee member, the county government, the BoM and the teacher in charge of the ECD centre need to do. Every child in an ECD centre must easily be accounted for. The buildings and other structures that are put in place should not be done in a way that can injure a child in an ECD centre. This Part also requires the Cabinet Secretary to prescribe minimum standards for the health and safety of pupils. It talks of a satisfactory environment for education. We know the health of these children is fragile. A number of them are susceptible to cold and communicable diseases. This Bill intends to ask the ECD centers to ensure that all the facilities in the centres are of high standards. The toilets and where the children stay and play are important places. We are talking about the formative stage of children and that is why, every other time, the health regulation standards are important. To ensure the safety of the learners as they grow, every ECD 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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