Clarke eyes greater gov’t pre-primary spend, means-based financing of tertiary education | Lead StoriesClarke eyes greater gov’t pre-primary spend, means-based financing of tertiary education | Lead Stories
With administrators continuing to be on the edge of their seats, to see whether there will be a surge in teacher migration come August, Dr. Nigel Clarke, minister of finance and the public service, has reiterated that Jamaica spends the second highest on education among the Caribbean territories. While speaking at the closing ceremony for the week-long Caribbean Union of Teachers’ (CUT) 41st Biennial Conference, which was held at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel on Friday, Clarke referred to the World Bank’s and UNICEF’s Public Expenditure Review of the Education Sector in Jamaica 2021which stated that in 2019 education in Jamaica…