Honourable Catherine Hughes during day five of the parliamentary focused on the often-forgotten members of society by asking who sees the vagrants, indigenous students in the remote areas of the country, and other fractions of society that are not exposed to the same or equivalent opportunities
The MP underscored that while the present administration raves about Guyana’s Regional status in the areas of CXC and CAPE this is primarily a reflection of students on the coast. She highlighted that zero percent of the hinterland students sitting CXC in 2023 attained grade one, in comparison to their colleagues on the coast who have attained more than twenty-one grade one. These incomparable grades are what she referred to as an “apartheid” in education.
Ms. Hughes expressed her disdain for the administration’s celebration of the Government- Sponsored Night Shelter, which has experienced a one hundred percent growth in occupancy. She posited that “only in Guyana would we celebrate an increase in homelessness”. The Minister advised the government to balance their investment in the infrastructure sector and the amount of money entering “the people’s pocket”.