NPTA ON THE OPENING OF NEW SCHOOL YEAR

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More money should be given to the Ministry of Education says President of the National Parent Teachers Association Walter Stewart, he was speaking on TV6 Morning Edition.

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00:00The president of the National Parent Teacher Association, Walter Stewart, says

00:04his association remains a very unsatisfied with the condition of some

00:09of the schools where problems were experienced on the first day of the new

00:12academic year. Mr. Stewart says every year budget is read in Parliament and a

00:17huge sum of money is allocated to the Ministry of Education from the Ministry

00:21of Finance. Yet still, every year before the new school year commences, there are

00:26a number of issues that need to be addressed. He says more money should be

00:31pumped into school repair. We are saying that the government needs to be able to

00:36pump adequate funds into this ministry, especially for school repairs, and I'm

00:41happy that last night in your papermeter that was highlighted. Mr. Stewart said

00:46based on reports he received about Mount Hope Secondary, the school is in dire

00:50need of renovation. The serious part about this is on August 27th, a letter

00:55was penned to the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, warning of

01:01certain breaches according to the OSH Act, and of course it pertains to

01:06electrical supplies in the particular schools. The president of the National

01:11Parent Teacher Association says he and his association believe school repairs

01:16is best undertaken during the July-August vacation. Our recommendation

01:21was in the second term of the academic year. That is the ideal time to do all

01:26your procurement, to do all your tendering, do all your scopes of works. So

01:31at the end of the second term, everybody, the ministry, stakeholders, principals,

01:36educators, whoever, all of us are fully aware of the schools to be identified as

01:41critical, crucial schools. Sharla Kesto, TV6 News.

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