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    "id": 975054,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Zani",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Agnes Zani",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, over and over again we have heard about text books with many mistakes. It appears that they were mass produced in a rush. Do we have the recommendations for textbooks that should be used? Who makes the recommendations? How are they being made? How consistently are they being made over time? It is not just about having a textbook. You need a textbook that is meant to help you cover certain aspects of the curriculum and understand specific aspects of what is happening within the particular discipline that one is looking at. Therefore, it is such a serious matter. We need to look at how the content of those textbooks is understood by the students; how they internalize what the textbooks are saying; and if they understand their own education on the basis of those textbooks. This depends on the textbooks they have. From Sen. Mwaruma’s Statement, the Committee on Education needs to have a proper and wide analysis and find out about the problems that are being faced with regard to the production of textbooks. Why is it that there is no regularity about those textbooks? Why is it that there are so many textbooks for a particular single subject at any time? Mr. Temporary Speaker Sir, we need to go further and look at the content of the textbooks. We need to vet and understand what is going on. I support this Statement and I am looking forward to the Committee on Education to dwell and look---"
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