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    "speaker_name": "Tinderet, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Julius Melly",
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        "legal_name": "Julius Kipbiwot Melly",
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    "content": "throughout the country, in a holistic, cheaper - if not free - equitable, standardised and qualitative manner. As mentioned in response one above, the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, through the KICD, is providing out of classroom lessons to over 15 million learners in both primary and secondary schools without any charges. The pre-recorded lessons are done by qualified teachers who have been adequately trained on the new teaching pedagogies for the Competence Based Curriculum (CBC). These teachers have been offered accommodation at the KICD in order to minimise their exposure to COVID-19 as they provide this essential service. To facilitate online capacity building for teachers, especially in the use of technology in teaching and learning, the KICD has established Elimika, which is an online portal within the Kenya Education Cloud platform. Through the Elimika online based portal, all teachers can enrol for capacity building courses on CBC, ICT integration in teaching and learning as well as health literacy. The content on teacher orientation lessons for in-service teachers and career sensitisation programmes is also available in CD devices at the institute and can also be accessed on education television channels, the Kenya Education Cloud and YouTube . I think those are the main issues. The other question sought an explanation as to how the said digital learning away from the classroom will be accessible to children from extremely disadvantaged families, whose parents have no laptop computers, smart television sets and smartphones or even electricity and other power sources. This is very important because a majority of Kenyans are in this category. The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, through the KICD, is providing varied viable options for the extremely disadvantaged families and parents without access to laptop computers, smart phones and television sets or electricity connectivity, to access out of classroom learning for parents who cannot access television and online lessons through the Kenya Education Cloud and YouTube . The KICD has partnered with KBC’s Radio Taifa and English Service with coverage in all counties to air the out of classroom lessons to learners in disadvantaged and remote areas. The advantage of radio as a communication device is that in the absence of electricity, dry cell batteries can be used to power it. In addition to KBC’s English Service and Radio Taifa, the KICD has partnered with over 35 faith-based and community radio stations that are accessible even in remote areas and informal settlements to broadcast the curriculum lessons hence ensuring service to over 99 per cent of the country. These include KBC, Iftin FM in Garissa and Wajir, Radio Mitume in Kitale, Radio Upendo in Eldoret, Radio Amani and Radio Umoja in Nakuru, Radio Waumini and Radio Maria in Nairobi, Radio Maria in Murang’a, Radio Tumaini in Mombasa, Radio Mchungaji in Maralal, Radio Shahidi in Isiolo, Radio Jangwani in Marakwet, Radio Wega in Meru, Radio Kimuri in Embu, Radio Osotua in Ngong, Ekeyokon FM in Lodwar, Watchman FM in Samburu and West Pokot and Ejok FM in Turkana, Baringo, Elgeyo/Marakwet, Laikipia, Isiolo, Marsabit and many others. Those are the number of radio stations which are covering most parts of the country. Some of the radio stations broadcast within informal settlements and, therefore, facilitate access to out of classroom lessons to disadvantaged learners in those areas. The KICD is also engaging other radio stations with a view to enter into partnership with them to upscale dissemination of out of classroom lessons. Those are the responses to the Question by Hon. Sabina Chege. There are two responses to Questions by Hon. Jomo Washiali. I will go over them."
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