Prof. Margaret Kamar

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1531 to 1540 of 3046.

• 22 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Hon. Members, that brings us to the end of the business of today. The House, therefore, stands adjourned until Tuesday, 10th August, 2010, at 2.30 p.m. view
• 22 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: The House rose at 4.05 p.m. view
• 21 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to start by thanking hon. Chanzu for moving this Motion. view
• 21 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, as I support this Motion, I would like hon. Members to ask ourselves: Who is a parallel student? It is very important that we understand who a parallel student is, so that as we make the decision, we actually see the importance of the Motion before us. It is very important for us to balance the cost of education. I will be advocating further that these students whether they are parallel or regular should have equal access to funding from the Higher Education Loans Board (HELB). view
• 21 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, who is a parallel student? I happen to have been in the university system for over 20 years before I came to this House. When the parallel degree programme started, I was in the university. I want to confirm to this House that it was a very genuine and honest gesture to allow more Kenyans to access university education. So, that in itself was very positive. That was reciprocated by parents who were able to raise the funding and education of our students has expanded as a result of that. You will realise that Kenya ... view
• 21 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: The parallel degree programme was supposed to divert from that because universities could not accommodate everybody. So, they run two different systems hence the word “parallel”. They actually run the same classes with the same professors. That is why I am convinced that quality should not necessarily be reduced by the parallel degree programme. Even if it is run on Saturday or at night it is being run by the same professors. The same professor who teaches in the regular system is the same lecturer teaches parallel degree programmes in most cases unless where they use part-time lecturers. view
• 21 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: These parallel degree students, if you rank from the top “A” student sometimes the 10 per cent of students who leave secondary schools to go to regular programmes are those who obtain Grade “B”. Now the ones who obtain Grade “B” and “C Plus” are actually university material. There is one thing that we need to know about who, therefore, are in these clusters. If you do analysis in this country, you will find that majority of students who go to good secondary schools are students who have left private schools. It is the same students who will find their ... view
• 21 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: In fact, when the parallel degree programme started those who were able to be bold enough to take their children to parallel system are the middle class Kenyans. They are the Kenyans who were able to call a friend and ask for a Harambee . The ones who cannot dare ask even a Member of Parliament for Kshs150,000 to take a child to go to the School of Law is the poor Kenyan. The poor Kenyan is stranded with the child. They do not know who to talk to and they know they are still struggling with high school education. ... view
• 21 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is very important that a Motion like this be used to address the problems that we have on the ground. It is my wish, therefore, that as we look at the balancing, we actually look at the access to the HELB. It is my proposal that both parallel and regular students be given equal treatment by the HELB. After all, it is a loan. The HELB must expand its capacity and ensure that every child with Grade “C plus” and above is accorded equal opportunity. In fact, they should give more opportunity to children ... view
• 21 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, otherwise, I support this Motion that there has to be a balancing act; whether it is balancing in access or opportunities. If we balance regular and parallel we might miss the point because we are also balancing those who are from the middle income group who are bold enough to go to the parallel. But there is a whole group of Kenyans from low income families. There are even students with Grade “B” who go to Teachers Training Colleges (TTC) or Medical Training Colleges (MTC) because there is nothing they can do. They will obviously ... view