Dear Editor,
I am using this platform to sound the alarm about our children who is the future of this country.
The joker they call “Minister of Education” and the “Director” Clare Browne promised the people of this country that their children would receive laptops and apparently, it’s only the top government high school students who are reporting getting these laptops.
It begs the question, what happen to poor people children in this country? My three children attend various government schools across the island, and none of them got laptops that the government promised “all “students would get. This is absolutely disgusting and unacceptable to say the least.
I work from home and every single day since the pandemic started here, there are children riding up and down on bikes and playing various sports throughout the sad and it saddens my soul to see them missing out on their education for a whole year and a half because they simply do not have access to the internet or laptops to be involved in online learning.
It makes me angry and very say, because each boy and girl deserve the right to have an education, but this government doesn’t care about the plight of poor people and poor people children unless there is an election upcoming.
I live on pay check to pay check on a monthly basis, and live in the most less fortune places on island, and struggled on my own as a single parent and took a loan and bought 3 laptops on my already very tight budget just so that my children can get an education and won’t be left behind.
What happen to other poor people like myself who just can’t see their way in their own country and must can’t afford to make extra sacrifices like I did to simply ensure their children isn’t left behind in their education.
I can see for the foreseeable future, after this pandemic has eased that there will be a huge gap in education between the fortune and less fortunate which will affect generations and generations to come.
This government needs to get to work, and stop cursing opposition parties and those who criticize them, and address the plight of poor people and poor children in this country.
Struggling Mother
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It baffles me to this date as to what schools are the way…and please dont tell me its the CMO cause Gaston does what he wants. Anyone honestly thinks Gaston will listen to anyone in a election year?
Let the children play and have fun whole they can because it will soon be a thing if the past. Forget the school doctrine and teach them the life skills they’ll need to survive.
You raise some serious points that must be addressed.
Annette Browne I could understand the want and urgency for your children to be given laptops. The topic your brought to our attention is a valid one. What I am disappointed with is the disrespect you brought to the Minister and the Director in your opinion piece. This is not how to address officials. Bullying only works on weak people and little children. Bad behaviour like this is why people are unable to move forward in life.
You are a single mother of three children for a reason. You live in the most less fortune places on island for a reason. Change your mindset and change your life.
A ” joker” he is!!
His Public speaking is terrible as the minister!
Can’t even understand what he’s saying.
Writer, the top public schools only have students who come from rich homes? You well know that’s not the truth As far as the lap top rollout, it’s being done in a phased approach by the Board of Education via a private sector partnership, not MOE. The process has began as a pilot project which involves only 3 schools (AGS, AGHS, PMS). In the first phrases all 3rd formers in said schools (based on a needs assessment) will receive lab tops. At the end of the pilot program it will be open to all others. The private sector partners are Roger Ver, Sir Martin Franklin, and The Jumby Bay Fund.
Tenman,are you Gaston Browne in disguised?
That Minister of Education needs to do the nation’s children a favor and RESIGN. The other guy I think likes to hear himself but need some b_lls to stand up for what is right.
Shouldn’t have even been the minister of Education!
He speaks like a dunce!
He kisses gaston’s ass!! Also back stabbed his comrade to get that position!!
Karma is knocking…just wait!!
Gaston send Daryl on a public speaking course!
U laugh and Pringle but, this man is a disgrace to be the minister of Education!
….and everyone knows!!
Antiguans deserve all the blows they’re getting. Use the T-shirt money and buy your laptops or look for the iPads you got for your vote in 2014 and 2018. I have no tears for any of you.
The govt need to get their act right… I will agree that no one should be discriminated against but knowing that the govt is limited with resources, a proper system should be in place to have these given to the students who are mostly indeed. The same applies to the uniform program. It is grossly unfair & disrespectful to the parent & child who is less fortunate
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