All secondary school students will now receive textbooks from Govt – Manickchand

Having already fulfilled its promise of ensuring every primary school student receives textbooks from the government, focus is now on equipping all secondary-level pupils with textbooks to support their studies.

This was disclosed by Education Minister, Priya Manickchand on Tuesday during a World Book Day event, held at the St. Stephen’s Primary School on Princes Street, Georgetown. She spoke about the preparations towards equipping every secondary school child with textbooks.
According to the minster, the government has already been providing textbooks to all pupils in primary schools within the public sector and they are now looking to implement this same procedure to the secondary schools in attempts of attaining the same significant results
“We have bought for all the children in primary schools all the textbooks that they need and now we are in the process of buying all secondary books for secondary school children,” Manickchand revealed. She further expressed that this initiative is being done because the ministry believes that the contents in those books will help children in their academic journey.
Stating that the implementations of these books to the schools have demanded lots of money from the government, Minster Manickchand expressed that as plans are ongoing to expand this programme to secondary schools, the children should always remember to take care of these books as future generations will also have to use these books for their academic pursuits.
“But we also have to say, if these books are destroyed you have to pay for it because you have to leave it for someone who is coming after you,” Manickchand reminded the pupils.
Meanwhile, Manickchand also announced plans to implement libraries stocked with storybooks for all primary school children. She explained that this initiative would complement children’s reading abilities once they have learned to read.
“We are buying story books to put in the libraries for all the primary schools because after you teach students to read, what will be the next move? They have to continue to read,” she stated whilst then adding that whatever the students are supplied with to read should be fun things to keep them engaged.
According to the minster, these initiatives serve as a great support to move children higher up in their academic journey. (G2)