Dear Editor,
The National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) results are finally out, after a breath-taking experience with the repercussions of COVID-19 playing a major part in the preparatory aspect and the actual writing of the exam.
This was done in uncharted waters for the children and teachers, and it was quite a testing period for all, including the Ministry of Education, taking into account the psychological effects of an incomplete elections’ process and its spin-off inconveniences.
With students vying for the top positions in order to be placed in the leading schools, the Georgetown schools again are under the microscope, the leading contenders being Queen’s College and Bishops’ High School. Space limitation is once more the featured topic, and conversation of the equitable distribution of fair and impartial education standards, methods, quality and quantity throughout the country is bubbling openly.
This is a perpetual sore point with the education system, and it needs to be addressed immediately and urgently. It must be a landmark as a successful achievement in the PPP/C’s manifesto, and one that this Government would be proud to declare: that this monster has finally been harnessed.
All schools must be fully equipped to accommodate all students at all levels, to reflect an acceptable uniformity that is available in each and every learning institution. There must not be any room for biasness, and the Minister of Education should accept this as a personal challenge, and pursue this goal with an earnest enthusiasm, one in which she can take pride as a breaking point. No stone should be left unturned, and no dollar should be skimmed, in order that this project should become a reality within the next five years.
Meanwhile, congratulations to all the successful students, especially Samuel Barkoye and Rovin Lall.
The fishing industry is a great money-making business in Guyana, and one that many Guyanese are involved in. Fish are not only in the sea, but in the air also, and the whole of Guyana smells of fish because of the fishy business conducted by the sharks in the PNCR Party.
Before the plane hits the tarmac at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, the whiff of stinking fish hits you. There is fishy business smelling up the entire airport, and in the net is the past Government.
On the East Bank road, you know Guyana is frying fish.
Public Works Minister Juan Edghill has ordered an investigation into allegations of an alleged racket at the asphalt plant, a state-run entity. Government projects were mandated to take their asphalt from the Garden of Eden plant, and would get huge discounts under a scam that stretched all the way to the Ministry of Public Works.
Fish is most likely blocking the drainage at GWI, because there is a hold-up of billions of dollars not flowing to GPL. Don’t blame the fish, blame the PNCR fishermen at the utility.
There is a different smell as you round the bend at Thirst Park. That is the smell of old dollar bills piling up! Well, of course, fishes “disembark” at the T&HD wharf. They jump from the sea on to the land to leave their scent.
Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill, on Wednesday revealed to the National Assembly’s Committee of Supply that the Transport and Harbours Department (T&HD) is deep in a debt of $956M accumulated by the APNU+AFC during their five-year term in Government. In the centre of the Garden City, surrounding you, there is the stench of rotten fish. There is fishy business being conducted by Larry London and some $29 million contract.
Christopher Jones is leaving a hot trail of fish worth almost $5 million, instead of hair. The Legal Affairs Ministry is sighting some $300 million thrown in the sea for fishy business. Not to feel left out, Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, Nigel Dharamlall, is seeing fish on the menu worth $250 million, instead of accountability for activities from the Sustainable Livelihood and Entrepreneurial Development (SLED).
Even the courts need fumigation. A second election petition was presented, but without the sight of any SOPs, clumsily concealed with the scent of a popular fish perfume.
Hopefully, the fish smell would leave Guyana and head towards America shortly, thanks to US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
But Guyanese will feel the sting of the fish carcass again. With Mike Pompeo’s departure, the Sindicato Gang is testing the depth of Guyana’s water. The Sindicato is on a fishing expedition. The relevant questions are: Who is throwing the net? What is the bait? And what is the catch?
Showing up on the question paper is a fishy question by the Caribbean Examination Centre. If you think that is the end of this week in fishing lessons, forget it. To take first place, of course, the PNCR want to make sure they are the best in the fishing business. They thought that they were better than the Indigenous patriots when it comes to catching fish. So sad, their $800 million fishing net had a huge hole, cut out by the PPP/C to allow a free pass for the founders of this nation.
The PNCR thought that, with one throw, they can put a stop to the “Heritage Month.” How pathetic! Abstention though, is a nice try. But seriously, Guyana needs to teach Guyanese how to fish, rather than feeding them fish for a meal. With proper equipment, Guyana will feed them for the rest of their lives.
Respectfully,
Jai Lall
