{"id":8306,"date":"2023-06-06T14:48:09","date_gmt":"2023-06-06T14:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sasanews.co.ke\/?p=8306"},"modified":"2023-06-06T14:48:09","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T14:48:09","slug":"cabinet-secretary-education-set-to-appear-before-the-upper-house-during-question-and-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kenyaleo.co.ke\/cabinet-secretary-education-set-to-appear-before-the-upper-house-during-question-and-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Cabinet Secretary Education set to appear before the upper house during question and time"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The National Assembly officially reconvened this week with a packed agenda, including the return of Members’ Question Time.<\/div>\n
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As per the provisions outlined in Standing Order 42A(6B), the Cabinet Secretary for Education, Hon. Ezekiel Machogu, is expected to address a range of inquiries during the plenary session scheduled for Wednesday afternoon on June 7, 2023.<\/div>\n
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Among the Questions raised by Lawmakers is the transition process for pupils moving from primary schools to Junior Secondary Schools and Form One in the upcoming 2023 academic year and the status of the Guidelines for Implementation of the Junior Secondary School policy specifically concerning the provision of meals.<\/div>\n
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In addition, concerns surrounding the delayed distribution of books for Grade 7\/Junior Secondary School learners in public schools and the delay in the supply of course books for public secondary schools, to Samburu East Constituency.<\/div>\n
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While, Hon. Charles Onchoke, MP Bonchari Constituency, has sought updates on the construction of classrooms under the Competency Based Curriculum (CBC) Phase II in ten secondary schools within his constituency.<\/div>\n
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Further, Nyakach Constituency MP, Hon. Aduma Owuor, has raised concerns regarding nepotism, mismanagement, and violations of the Ministry of Education guidelines related to the acquisition and disposal of school assets, as well as the recruitment of non-teaching and casual staff.<\/div>\n
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On her part, Hon. Joyce Kamene, MP Machakos County, has inquired about the provision of sanitary pads to schoolgirls during each financial year from 2017\/2018 to 2022\/2023.<\/div>\n
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Finally, Hon. Gabriel Kagombe, MP Gatundu South Constituency, has sought details on measures to ensure equal access to education for children with Autism\/Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).<\/div>\n
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The Members Question time will begin on Wednesday, June 7th at 3.00 pm.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The National Assembly officially reconvened this week with a packed agenda, including the return of Members’ Question Time. As per the provisions outlined in Standing Order 42A(6B), the Cabinet Secretary for Education, Hon. Ezekiel Machogu, is expected to address a range of inquiries during the plenary session scheduled for Wednesday afternoon on June 7, 2023. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8307,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[155,154],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-governance-and-opinion","category-popular-news","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kenyaleo.co.ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8306"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kenyaleo.co.ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kenyaleo.co.ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kenyaleo.co.ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kenyaleo.co.ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8306"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.kenyaleo.co.ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8306\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8308,"href":"https:\/\/www.kenyaleo.co.ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8306\/revisions\/8308"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kenyaleo.co.ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kenyaleo.co.ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kenyaleo.co.ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kenyaleo.co.ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}