Dr. Valerian Kilemi Mwiria

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 731 to 740 of 862.

• 17 Oct 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would request that I be given a little bit more time to do research on this Question. I have spoken to the hon. Member and he says that next week is fine. view
• 3 Aug 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) The staffing position of Mwihila Boys Secondary School currently stands at 33 teachers on duty. Considering that the school is one and a half streamed; 240 students, then they have got enough teachers. The curriculum based establishment of a single streamed school is nine teachers. The Teachers Service Commission will continue to provide teachers to the school as enrolment increases. (b) Currently, the Ministry has no intention of providing more teachers to Mwihila Secondary School since it has got enough teachers. Khwisero Mixed Secondary School has got enough teachers as per the ... view
• 3 Aug 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I do not expect the hon. Member to tell the parents that. view
• 3 Aug 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we allocate teachers to schools not on the basis of the 240 students. The 240 students figure happens to be the enrolment for this school in Khwisero. The school has to be first registered. We have a lot of new schools that are not registered and the TSC has not received teaching establishment for us to establish whether or not they should get teachers. As soon as that is done, we will strive to give them teachers. It is not necessarily the case that a school must have an enrolment of up to 240 students. view
• 3 Aug 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, under the circumstances, the best we can do is to try to balance. We will identify schools that have more teachers than they need and hope that we can arrest the situation somewhat, as we hope to have a recruitment plan for them next year. ISSUANCE OF ID CARDS TO YOUTHS view
• 3 Aug 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like to beg the indulgence of this House. I have already explained to the hon. Member that I need a little bit more information to answer this Question with sufficient confidence. So, if we could defer it, I would greatly appreciate. view
• 2 Aug 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I am aware that the SMASSE project has so far met some of the initial objectives, namely; the establishment of a national in-set centre at Karen known as the Centre for Mathematics, Science and Technology Education in Africa (CEMASTEA) and the establishment of 103 district in-set centres in the country which have helped popularise science and mathematics. It has also led to improved performance in mathematics and sciences in terms of quality grades as is evidenced by the number of "A" and "A-" we have had compared to 1998 before the project ... view
• 2 Aug 2006 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I think I will continue from where I left, in spite of the fact that the majority did not hear what I said. I have said that the annual training allocation is only Kshs283 million. However, we will support other training programmes by paying allowances once we get more resources. (c) In view of "a" and "b" above, part "c" is not applicable. view
• 2 Aug 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, one of the incentives Prof. Oniang'o has referred to is paying the science teachers a little more money when they are recruited. Secondly, the training programmes are also supposed to prepare them to be competent professionally. If you have an opportunity to train, it is already an opportunity to upgrade your skills. The third incentive relates to the supply and demand. As you saw recently, our advertisements mainly focused on the areas which have a shortage of mathematics and science teachers. As a result, many of our students are getting more interested in sciences because they have ... view
• 2 Aug 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we require that you do, at least, one science subject. So, we cannot make all science subjects optional because we also want to educate a completely balanced student. If you do not do, at least, one science subject, then there is a major inadequacy in the education received. We will continue insisting that students do, at least, one science subject; and that the science subject will matter with regard to admission to any of the degree programmes offered at the public universities. This is because it prepares students much better for the courses they undertake. view