Prof. Prof. Olweny

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 951 to 960 of 1845.

• 30 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, that is part of the long answer that we have indicated here. We will upgrade some of the schools into boarding schools because of the conditions that we have in the nomadic areas. That is written here in the long answer. The question he is asking is directly answered here. view
• 30 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg the indulgence of the House. By the time I was coming here, I had not been made aware of that request for a Ministerial Statement. However, I would like to say the following with regard to that. We asked parents to ensure that their children have birth certificates for registration for examinations. That does not mean that after the deadline passes and they do not have the certificates, they will be prevented from taking their examinations. You should be assured of that. However, I do not have a comprehensive statement. view
• 29 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) The attached tables show teacher vacancies per school and per division in Kuresoi district totalling 812; that means 630 for primary schools and 182 for secondary schools. That is the teacher shortage in Kuresoi District. (b) The teacher shortage is currently standing at 66,000 teachers; that are 43,000 teachers for primary schools and 23,000 teachers for secondary schools is both a national and global problem facing other countries in Asia, Latin America and Anglophones. This problem can only be effectively and permanently addressed through massive recruitment of teachers. However, this plan has ... view
• 29 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I did not get the hon. Member’s question clearly, but the immediate remedy to this problem is that if the Ministry gets money from the Treasury, we shall employ teachers today. This is a crisis for us in this country. We are in a big problem on how to address it because the Ministry does not have money to employ teachers. This is the House of Representatives. Your people are suffering because of this problem. We have pushed our case to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minster for Finance and got nothing. If this House can help ... view
• 29 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I do not have the records on the amount of money we demanded for the recruitment of teachers. However, this is the House that puts pressure on such issues. This is now a national problem and we all know about it. view
• 29 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I withdraw my remarks about blaming the House. view
• 29 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, if we cannot get more teachers, then what we shall do is to merge the schools so that we have fewer classes for the teachers that we have. We do not have another alternative. view
• 29 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, what the hon. Member is talking about falls under the Economic Stimulus Programme (ESP), where each constituency was given an opportunity to employ the intern teachers. That is 50 teachers for primary schools and ten for secondary schools. The intern teachers are to be employed on contractual arrangement. The normal teacher employment or the permanent teacher employment by the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) is another issue. view
• 29 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is not for the hon. Member to know which districts have excess teachers. The teachers he may be seeing in the neighbouring districts may not be enough for those districts. This is because the number of teachers in a school is curriculum-based establishment. So, some of those schools may not be having enough teachers. All the same, we shall rationalise the number of teachers we have in this country so that some equitable arrangements are made. view
• 24 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg the indulgence of the House to give me up to Thursday next week, so that I can come up with an answer. I do not have a proper answer yet. view