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Education Minister Maxine Henry-Wilson has poured cold water on Opposition Leader Bruce Golding's latest proposal regarding free tuition at the secondary level describing it as financially impossible.
She says from a fiscal standpoint it would cost the state more than one billion dollars to cover the cost of providing free secondary education.
The Education Minister was responding to a pronouncement by Mr. Golding that his party's first act if it wins the August 27 polls will be to abolish tuition fees for the next academic year.
Mr. Golding called on the Portia Simpson Miller-led Government to commit to the same promise.
The Jamaica Labour Party Leader promised that tuition fees paid by parents would be refunded and sought to reassure school administrators of his commitment to fill the resulting void in their budgets.
But speaking with RJR News Tuesday night Mrs. Henry-Wilson dismissed Mr. Golding's promise as being impractical.
The Jamaica Teacher's Association (JTA) Tuesday expressed concern about statements made by Mr. Golding regarding tuition fees.
JTA President Hopeton Henry said the Opposition Leader's claim that it will abolish tuition fees and refund fees already paid may cause parents to neglect payments due at the start of the school year.
She says from a fiscal standpoint it would cost the state more than one billion dollars to cover the cost of providing free secondary education.
The Education Minister was responding to a pronouncement by Mr. Golding that his party's first act if it wins the August 27 polls will be to abolish tuition fees for the next academic year.
Mr. Golding called on the Portia Simpson Miller-led Government to commit to the same promise.
The Jamaica Labour Party Leader promised that tuition fees paid by parents would be refunded and sought to reassure school administrators of his commitment to fill the resulting void in their budgets.
But speaking with RJR News Tuesday night Mrs. Henry-Wilson dismissed Mr. Golding's promise as being impractical.
The Jamaica Teacher's Association (JTA) Tuesday expressed concern about statements made by Mr. Golding regarding tuition fees.
JTA President Hopeton Henry said the Opposition Leader's claim that it will abolish tuition fees and refund fees already paid may cause parents to neglect payments due at the start of the school year.
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