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APNU: Govt shortchanging education system
APNU Shadow Minister of Education, Amna Ally
A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) Shadow Minister of Education, Amna Ally, on Monday lauded educators, teachers, parents and students for their unmatchable and substantial contribution to the education sector.
Ally also extended heartfelt congratulations on behalf of the party, to those working towards the improvement of literacy in Guyana, as the month of activities also coincides with the World Literacy Day, which was globally commemorated on Monday.
She urged all Guyanese to continue to strive towards development in keeping with the theme of this year’s Education Month “Literate by grade four through consistent Home, School and Community involvement.”
The APNU Member of Parliament debunked the claims of Education Minister Priya Manickchand, who had earlier stated that Guyana’s education system is rising from a deficient and decrepit state under the current Government.
Ally noted the significant contributions of prominent former Education Ministers Winifred Gaskin, Cecilene Baird, Vincent Teekah, Ranji Chandisingh, Deryck Bernard, and notable educators Alan Munroe, Olga Britton, Maude Bullen-Mc Kenzie. She argued that they could not have contributed to a deficient and decrepit education system.
“As we stop to reflect on the road along which we want to go, I urge all our educators, our teachers, our parents and indeed our children to passionately overcome the challenges of life, and resolve that progress and development is what we want,” Ally said.
She said that what is actually happening in the education sector is the distribution of large sums of money like that of the $38B allocated in the 2014 Budget.
The majority of this sum, she said, goes into the hands of people who purport to be working to improve the education sector but, instead, is being channeled to the PPP’s friends’ and cronies. “Let us not forget to examine the payments for the Learning Channel, and the poor and no services provided for the students in Interior locations,” she posited.
The Shadow Minister also noted the Government’s inability to give teachers an increase in their salaries, their delay in dispensing the $10,000 grant which was promised to parents at the reading of the national budget as well as the administration’s poor focus on ensuring that teachers are trained to aid in the upliftment of literacy, as some of the ruling party’s deficit in delivering quality education.
“We call on the Government to stop politicking with the education system and traverse the path of development for all Guyanese,” she said.
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