Education Minister, Ruel Reid, was pressed hard yesterday by the Opposition as it probed how the government intends to pay staff of three educational institutions to be merged.
These are the HEART/Trust NTA, the National Youth Service and the Jamaica Foundation for Lifelong Learning.
During yesterday’s sitting of the Standing Finance Committee of Parliament, Opposition Spokesman on Education, Ronald Thwaites, noted there was no proper allocations made for staff in the 2017/2018 estimates of expenditure for the HEART/Trust NTA, which is to subsume the other two organizations.
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Minister Reid conceded that the precise breakdown wasn’t in estimates before Parliament.
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Minister Reid defended himself, saying the information could be made available at later date.
However, Opposition Spokesperson on Youth and Culture, Lisa Hanna, said the Standing Finance Committee is where such matters should be ventilated.
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