Erick Okong'o Mogeni

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• 24 Feb 2021 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I will proceed from where I had reached yesterday. As I was reporting to the House yesterday, we resolved all the issues that were referred to mediation. These were just my notes to the House to enable the House make an informed voting. Madam Deputy Speaker, on Clause 28 of the Bill, there was a proposal that Clause 28(4) be substituted with the following new sub-Clause. In Clause 28 (4) to read- “Notwithstanding the generality of Subsection (2), the role of the sponsor under subsection (1) shall be to- (a) participate and make proposal for ... view
• 24 Feb 2021 in Senate: Secondly, the definition of the word “sponsor” as contained in the Bill relates to the meaning of “sponsor” as contained in the Basic Education Act, No.14 of 2013, hence the need to include the word “spiritual support” as part of the role of the sponsor. This was fairly contentious because we thought that including the words, “spiritual support” may conflict with the faiths of students. However, having deliberated, the Mediation Committee resolved to retain Clause 4(a) as proposed by the Senate, adopt The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report ... view
• 24 Feb 2021 in Senate: the National Assembly’s amendments in 4(b), and include the words “spiritual support”. This was a give and take situation by the Mediation Committee and all the Members were magnanimous that we take position “A” as proposed by the Senate and position “B” as proposed by the National Assembly. view
• 24 Feb 2021 in Senate: Madam Deputy Speaker, in Clause 13 the Senate’s Bill had included a provision on the membership and functions of the Parents Teachers Association (PTA), which the National Assembly proposed it be deleted altogether. The Mediation Committee resolved after long deliberations, to retain Clause 33 as proposed by the Senate the justification being that the roles and functions of the PTA and the board of management are distinct. It was also the position of the Mediation Committee Members that there are some ECDE centers that are stand-alone, which are not domiciled in any primary school. Therefore, the role of PTA at ... view
• 24 Feb 2021 in Senate: The Committee further noted that the provisions of Section 55(2) and (3) of the Basic Education Act, No.14 of 2013 provides that every school shall have a parent’s association and further that private schools shall establish a PTA. Therefore, the proposal that was contained in the version of the Bill as proposed by the Senate was retained by the Mediation Committee. view
• 24 Feb 2021 in Senate: On Clause 36, there was a proposal that paragraph 36(a) be deleted together with Clause 36(c) of the Bill. In this Clause, the Senate Bill had sought to enhance the qualifications of the ECD teachers. If you may recall, there is a team that had travelled to Germany. When they came back, they reported to the Education Committee the qualifications of ECDE teachers in Europe. In some countries you require a degree to be a teacher in an ECDE center. After deliberations, the Mediation Committee resolved to adopt the position as proposed by the National Assembly, which is to give ... view
• 24 Feb 2021 in Senate: Further, the amendment was seeking to avoid duplication of the provisions of the TSC Act on the mandate of the TSC, specifically, on the issue of registration of teachers. The prevailing position is that the TSC requires any ECDE teacher currently to have a qualification of a diploma in Early Childhood Education before being registered. It was the view of the Committee that for now, that requirement of a diploma for an ECDE teacher would suffice. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard ... view
• 24 Feb 2021 in Senate: On Clause 37 of the Bill, there was a proposal that that Clause be amended by inserting a new sub-clause immediately after Sub-clause 3, so that Clause 37 was to have another Clause being 37(3). That Clause was to read: “In the performance of the functions under these Sections, the County Education Board shall establish a County Early Childhood Education Committee as a Committee of the County Education Board to oversee the implementation of early childhood education in each county”. We deliberated at length on this particular provision vis-a-vis the provisions of the Basic Education Act. The Mediation Committee resolved ... view
• 24 Feb 2021 in Senate: Madam Deputy Speaker, further, under Sub clause 2 as contained in the Bill, there is provision for consultation between the County Executive Committee Member (CECM) and the County Education Board in determination of early childhood education resource and infrastructure requirements within the county. In the view of the mediation committee, there was no justification on why Sub clause 3 should be included as a new sub clause in Clause 37. view
• 24 Feb 2021 in Senate: On Clause 44 of the Bill, there was a proposal that the same be deleted and be substituted with the new Clause, which should read: “A private education center shall comply with and follow the curriculum approved by the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD)”. If I may give a background, the Senate Bill had provided that the education administered in a private education center shall be of a suitable standard. After deliberations, the mediation committee resolved to adopt the proposal by the National Assembly because it was the view of the Mediation Committee that the amendment merely seeks to ... view