The National Assembly last Thursday passed unopposed a $25 billion budget for the Ministry of Education which Minister Priya Manickchand has described as “all about responding to COVID-19”.
Addressing the Assembly during day three of the 2021 Budget Debate, Manickchand challenged her predecessor’s contention that the Budget has nothing for the management of COVID-19.
“Given the global focus on modifications for education in light of the pandemic I was expecting to see a more robust and sustainable plan to mtigate effects and aftershock of COVID-19,” APNU+AFC MP Nicolette Henry had told the House.
