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    "id": 953579,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/953579/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Bomachoge Borabu, Independent",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Prof.) Zadoc Ogutu",
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        "legal_name": "Zadoc Abel Ogutu",
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    "content": "I want to start by consoling the families that lost their beloved ones yesterday. I know people might not see the link between what happened yesterday and what we are discussing as part of the mandate of the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MOEST) in the current Sessional Paper. The issue of quality control and quality assurance features broadly in this Paper. It demands that the Ministry takes this sector very seriously. That will be by giving Kenyans the required security and safety that is required in the learning environment. The Sessional Paper looks at the expansion the country has experienced and picks up areas that need to be improved for this expansion to be useful to the building of this nation and also for the livelihood of our young children. We know the country has experienced close to 100 per cent transition, especially from primary schools to secondary schools. This Sessional Paper attempts to answer gaps that need to be addressed if the Government is to achieve the required outcome of this transition. The Sessional Paper also introduces new perspectives in terms of youth unemployment. It focuses more on the retooling of the TVETs. It also emphasises more teaching of ICT for instruction and management. It gives hope to the youth because the area of TVET has been widely emphasised and the options for expansion provided. That is so that youths do not have to be limited to academic achievements; they are also allowed to develop the other skills that have not been adequately addressed by the previous policies. It also talks about how to manage the expansion the country is experiencing, especially in education, that is, looking at areas that need to be addressed. It brings out the issue of resource mobilisation very clearly. It poses a challenge to university education over what has been seen as endless expansion that has eventually left the universities naked after the change in performance during examinations. It brings in the private sector as a key partner. It demands that the universities engage within their systems to generate resources through research and other options which can enable universities to run irrespective of the dynamics that result from performance of examinations. The Sessional Paper also looks at special groups with a lot of emphasis on the expansion of resources for these special groups and the necessary human resources. We know that education for students with special needs has not been well addressed previously. We know that we have problems up to the county level because we do not have facilities that address the students with special needs. The Sessional Paper addresses this area very adequately. It is with the intention to ensure that improved access to education considers equity. With those remarks, I support the Sessional Paper."
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