Calist Mwatela

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Entries 621 to 630 of 702.

• 21 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: (a) Mr. Mohammed Abdikarim retired on 31st September, 2006, and will be paid his retirement benefits by the end of March, 2009. view
• 21 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: (b) The Government gives grants to local boarding primary schools in ASAL areas for boarding expenses for the children and salaries for support staff. The support staff are employees of the school management committees or Board of Governors (BOGs). The Ministry only supplements their efforts in paying salaries. view
• 21 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: (c) The salary scale of such cadre is determined by the School Management Committees (SMCs) and the Boards of Governors (BOGs). view
• 21 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg your indulgence to confirm that information, then I can come with an adequate answer. view
• 10 Dec 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) The Early Childhood Development Education (ECD) statistics in Bureti District are as follows:- There are 299 public and 84 private ECD centres. This makes a total of 383. view
• 10 Dec 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have an enrolment of 8,282 boys and 9,458 girls, making a total of 17,740. We have 316 trained teachers and 168 untrained teachers. This makes a total of 529 teachers. (b) The staffing levels are indicated in the above Bureti District statistics. There are 361 trained teachers and 168 untrained teachers, thus making a total of 529 teachers. None of the teachers is in the Government payroll, since the teachers are hired by parents and local communities. (c) Early Childhood Development (ECD) is provided through a partnership policy whereby the Government collaborates with parents, ... view
• 10 Dec 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I fully concur with the hon. Member that the stability of a building is determined by its foundation. It is, indeed, true with education. If we give adequate foundation to our young children, we are going to have very well educated adults in the long run. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, however, I have already mentioned that, that is one of the priorities of the Ministry. The Ministry is planning to integrate ECD of our four or five years old in primary schools, so that the facilities accorded to primary schools at the moment, are ... view
• 10 Dec 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, whereas I concur that, indeed, I may be expected to have the statistics at my finger tips, I am not able, at the moment, to state exactly how many inspectors we have. But if I am given time, I should be able to give that answer in due course. However, I want to re-emphasize the point that it is the policy of the Ministry to, slowly but surely, integrate--- view
• 10 Dec 2008 in National Assembly: I am sorry, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I did not quite understand that question, initially. Definitely, it is not right for inspectors not to deal directly with ECD centres. So, it is my instruction - and I am going to make sure that it is given - that inspectors deal directly with ECDs, both private and public. view
• 10 Dec 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I did not quite get the question. Could the hon. Member repeat it? view