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"The Government should be cautious about spending too much money on education while not creating jobs for citizens.
That is according to Claudette Crooks, president of Money Masters Limited.
"I am not fighting education at all. What will happen is that you are going to have a set of persons who are well-skilled and looking for jobs, but there are no jobs. You have to look at how you apportion the money among the various ministries, bearing in mind your short-, medium-, and long-term objectives," Crooks said at last Friday's Gleaner Editor's Forum.
The Ministry of Education gets $70 billion for housekeeping expenses, and $3.2 billion for capital spending in the 2011-2012 Budget. The recurrent budget for the education ministry reflects a $1 billion reduction when compared with last year, but that is made up on the capital side, where the increase is just over $1 billion. The increase represents 13 per cent of the total $544.7 billion to be shelled out this year.
According to Crooks, the Government has to ensure that when it spends that amount of money, the country is getting maximum value out of every dollar that is being spent. She said there must be a system in which the Government can be assured that following graduation, especially at the tertiary level, the students will stay in the country."
Ah who dis Claudette Crooks ?! Opressah !
"The Government should be cautious about spending too much money on education while not creating jobs for citizens.
That is according to Claudette Crooks, president of Money Masters Limited.
"I am not fighting education at all. What will happen is that you are going to have a set of persons who are well-skilled and looking for jobs, but there are no jobs. You have to look at how you apportion the money among the various ministries, bearing in mind your short-, medium-, and long-term objectives," Crooks said at last Friday's Gleaner Editor's Forum.
The Ministry of Education gets $70 billion for housekeeping expenses, and $3.2 billion for capital spending in the 2011-2012 Budget. The recurrent budget for the education ministry reflects a $1 billion reduction when compared with last year, but that is made up on the capital side, where the increase is just over $1 billion. The increase represents 13 per cent of the total $544.7 billion to be shelled out this year.
According to Crooks, the Government has to ensure that when it spends that amount of money, the country is getting maximum value out of every dollar that is being spent. She said there must be a system in which the Government can be assured that following graduation, especially at the tertiary level, the students will stay in the country."
Ah who dis Claudette Crooks ?! Opressah !
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