Finance Minister Winston Jordan said yesterday that as government strives to provide quality education, increasing the number of teachers, improving infrastructure and utilizing technology in education delivery, will be the focus in 2018.
“There is clear need for reform and innovation across all levels of education delivery – nursery, primary, secondary and tertiary. Our children must no longer be subjected to frequent teacher absenteeism, poor curriculum delivery, shortages of text books and materials, and non-submission of grades at tertiary levels”, Jordan told the National Assembly while presenting the 2018 National Budget.
He said that it was recognizing the need for a reform of the education system that Government established a Commission of Inquiry, whose report is expected to make searching recommendations to guide the innovation and reform initiatives.
Jordan told the House that