Because they don’t care?

TIMES INT'L

Dear Editor,

The PPP/C Government was criticised severely because it gave parents of children attending school a voucher for Gy$10,000 each last year. But this action was much appreciated by parents like myself, who have three children in primary school. We have a lot of expenses to cover for our children which we struggle to meet, because of our love for them.

In my home, I was able for the first time to buy schoolbooks for all the children. Even though we hear about free schoolbooks this is not always the case. I was also able to buy shoes for my youngest son. I really understood what the government was doing for us poor parents when it distributed the “Because we care” vouchers.

Even though the new Government says it will boost the education sector, it is now reconsidering the voucher. It wants us to prove that we’re poor to be eligible for the money. This is very shameful for me. With the PPP/C offer, all parents were entitled to the vouchers, so none of us stood out because we are poor and as such I didn’t feel ashamed.

To me, it seems as though this Government is saying they will not give us the voucher “because they don’t care”.

 

Sincerely

Sabita Devi Persaud

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