Calist Mwatela

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 611 to 620 of 702.

• 27 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: (a) I am aware that there was a shortage of 591 primary school teachers in Kimilili Constituency as per the staffing position of September, 2008. The pupil/teacher ratio stands at 1:52 and not 1:70 as reflected by the hon. Member. view
• 27 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: (b) The Ministry allocated Bungoma North District 110 vacancies for primary school teachers during the 2008 recruitment of teachers exercise to alleviate the shortage in the district. view
• 27 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the policy of the Ministry is actually to directly replace teachers who pass away. At the moment, we are making an effort to reduce the shortages by allocating more teachers to schools. This depends on the Budget and I think you appreciate that we can only employ teachers whom we can pay. view
• 27 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like assure the hon. Member that it is the policy of the Ministry to replace teachers, who leave the service through natural attrition, or retirement without, interrupting services to the pupils. So, if this has not happened by any chance, let us know so that we can act immediately. view
• 27 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am in agreement with the hon. Member that, indeed, the ratio should be better than what it is. Fifty-two students in a class are too many for a single teacher. view
• 27 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is the policy of the Government that we lower that ratio, but this can only be done through employing more teachers, which means that this House should allocate the Ministry of Education more money than what it currently has. view
• 27 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the current situation in the country, due to the strike, is not purely the creation of the Ministry. Indeed, the Ministry has tried all possible means to convince the teachers to take the increment in three phases. The situation is such that the economy of this country is unable to bear the burden of full payment of the increment at once. However, discussions are on and we hope that there will be a breakthrough soon. view
• 27 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Government has not closed the doors for discussion. view
• 27 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, as much as I may not be satisfied, the economy cannot bear a bigger increment than that. view
• 21 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. view