Zed posted:Baseman, first, where did you get the top 1 percents figure regarding those sending their children to private school. Second, private education has blossomed in Guyana because the effectiveness of the public system has been very low. Look at the scores for the grade 6 and CXC math and English examinations. Third, many poorer parents are sending their kids to private schools, making sacrifice because they know the value of a sound education. Fourth, the policy of applying VAT to private education is a poor policy choice, something which the minister of education seems to agree with. Fifth, one of the reasons given is that many of the schools are not tax compliant. Why pressure the parents when it is the owners that are not in conformity? Is the government move move motivated more by ideology than by revenue collection?
So are you saying Burnham's great public education system fell apart under the PPP giving rise to this blossoming of private schools? Something don't add up here. The PPP rebuilt, upgraded and expanded lots of public schools. Guyana's population has remained static. The public schools are full and running over. From where did this big supply pipeline for private school students materialize? This just don't add up!