Education budget fails to cater for critical sector needs
Wednesday, February 17, 2021
Education budget fails to cater for critical sector needs
BOSETU President Winston Radikolo says the education budget for this financial year is simply insufficient since it has not been crafted to deal with already existing challenges such as the fact that there are not enough textbooks in schools, state of disrepair of facilities, dysfunctional equipment, just to mention a few.
Speaking at a BOSETU budget session at BOSETU headquaters this week Radikolo observed that this, therefore, means that there are no additional funds that have been earmarked for purposes of addressing existing challenges.
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