$10,000, then what?
Dear Editor,
Despite the fact that it appears to and may very well be a praiseworthy act on the government’s part, while I’m elated to see fellow Guyanese (parents) dressed in smiles, I could not help but wonder what’s next.
The NCN nightly news on October 14, 2014 captioned their piece “paving the way for a better life all for Guyanese children,” but we need to ask ourselves if that is indeed so. As much as I aim not at dragging the family and inner circle of those involved in the October mortification of the renowned prestige high school back into the limelight, it’s hard to overlook what is a precise reflection of the major social epidemic that plagues’ our schools and educational system as a whole and as such should serve as an eye-opener. Our education system remains broken; while our “parents” become $10,000 richer is not my idea of a solution. Rather much like the Speaker’s ‘scandal’, the APNU’s-Linden embarrassment (which was unfortunate) and the prolonged Rodney trial and others too numerous to mention, the $10,000 grants are just another sad attempt to distract the Guyanese public.
This I deemed as totally unacceptable and so I wish to urge the Public to force the relevant authoritative figures back to the drawing board. We no longer need diversions and pathetic windows to embezzle large sums of hard earned tax payer’s dollars. Rather give us higher paid and higher qualified teachers, competent ministry officials, caring and dedicated welfare officers, much need counselling groups for parents and students and well equipped learning institutions; and then maybe, just maybe WE can accept the governments financial grants or rather the government’s one month transportation allowance.
Mr Mikhail Hilliman
