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Picture courtesy of JIS.As reactions come in to the revised budget which was tabled during Tuesday's sitting of Parliament the Opposition is raising strong objection to some of the cuts made by the Bruce Golding administration.
The First Supplementary Estimates of Expenditure showed the budget for the Education Transformation Programme has been slashed by $900 million from $ 2.6 billion to $1.9 billion.
However, this is not going down well with the People's National Party (PNP).
Senator Basil Waite, Opposition Spokesman on Education, is again accusing the administration of reneging on a promise that education would have been spared from the cut in spending.
"One has to wonder what can you believe from this Government (because) as I went through the Estimates, a few things struck me, one, they say early childhood education is a priority but some of the major areas that have been cut have to do with the basic schools and the community school that would get support from the Government. I wonder what is now going to happen to the operations of these basic and primary schools.
"Two, (there was also a reduction in the allotment) of the Early Childhood Commission," Senator Waite said.
The Spokesman on Education also pointed to the cut in the budget for the youth development programme as another bad decision made by the Government in recasting the 2009/2010 budget.
PNP Assessing the new budget
And other senior officials of the PNP are busy poring over the revised budget before crafting their responses to the impact of the various cuts.
The Estimates will be examined on Tuesday in Parliament when the Standing Finance Committee meets.
According to the new figures, the Capital Budget was reduced by just under $6 billion however, the Recurrent Budget was increased by just over $12 billion.
The total budget is now $561.3 billion.
The recurrent estimates show increased allocations for the Ministries of Education and Health, as well as public debt charges which increased by just over $16 billion.
Picture courtesy of JIS.As reactions come in to the revised budget which was tabled during Tuesday's sitting of Parliament the Opposition is raising strong objection to some of the cuts made by the Bruce Golding administration.
The First Supplementary Estimates of Expenditure showed the budget for the Education Transformation Programme has been slashed by $900 million from $ 2.6 billion to $1.9 billion.
However, this is not going down well with the People's National Party (PNP).
Senator Basil Waite, Opposition Spokesman on Education, is again accusing the administration of reneging on a promise that education would have been spared from the cut in spending.
"One has to wonder what can you believe from this Government (because) as I went through the Estimates, a few things struck me, one, they say early childhood education is a priority but some of the major areas that have been cut have to do with the basic schools and the community school that would get support from the Government. I wonder what is now going to happen to the operations of these basic and primary schools.
"Two, (there was also a reduction in the allotment) of the Early Childhood Commission," Senator Waite said.
The Spokesman on Education also pointed to the cut in the budget for the youth development programme as another bad decision made by the Government in recasting the 2009/2010 budget.
PNP Assessing the new budget
And other senior officials of the PNP are busy poring over the revised budget before crafting their responses to the impact of the various cuts.
The Estimates will be examined on Tuesday in Parliament when the Standing Finance Committee meets.
According to the new figures, the Capital Budget was reduced by just under $6 billion however, the Recurrent Budget was increased by just over $12 billion.
The total budget is now $561.3 billion.
The recurrent estimates show increased allocations for the Ministries of Education and Health, as well as public debt charges which increased by just over $16 billion.
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