Estimates totalling $13.9 billion meant for the Ministry of Education were approved on Wednes-day afternoon when the National Assembly met to consider the amounts.
The process was not without a few verbal skirmishes, mainly between the two leading ladies in this area, Education Minis-ter Priya Manickchand and APNU Shadow Education Minister Amna Ally. Contributions were also made by AFC MPs Valerie Garrido-Lowe and Cathy Hughes and MP Carl Greenidge, APNU’s point person on all things finance.
Among other things, Ally zeroed in on amounts proposed for purchasing vehicles. In total, the ministry,
