The main opposition PNCR has called on the Education Ministry to revisit the programme content and guide for the Educational Television Broadcasting Service (ETBS), which it says was launched before it was ready.
Last Thursday, the party in a statement said it welcomed the ETBS, but noted that an analysis of the programming would show that it “leaves much to be desired” and that “there has not been proper planning for the acquisition of the local lessons which should be done in sequence.” According to the party, the haste in the finalising of the project is linked to elections due this year and the need for the Minister of Education to boast of achievements. “But what is the use of boasting about the number of things done in education, when it is not properly done?” it questioned.
ETBS, broadcast on channel 29/cable 80, was launched on April 1 by President Bharrat Jagdeo. Recently, in an interview with