Parents of 814 students attending a cluster of schools received the `Because We Care Cash Grant’ at the Fisher Primary School, Essequibo Coast today.
According to the Ministry of Education, the Grants for children attending the Abrams Zuil Secondary, Fisher Nursery, Fisher Primary and Abrams Zuil Nursery School were distributed to parents at the venue representing a value of over $15M.
Minister of Education Priya Manickchand today told parents that the grant is the Government’s way of offering assistance to parents of children in the public school system.
According to the ministry, she said that the Government is not limiting parents on how they should use the grant specifically but encouraged that whatever it is used for benefits the children and their education.
The Because We Care Grant is valued at $15,000 this year and the School Uniform and Supplies Grant is valued at $4,000, giving a total of $19,000 for each child in the public education system.
