Bahamian Politics
Chairman Collie responds to Minister Fitzgerald’s comments on Education
By The Free National Movement
Jul 1, 2016 - 10:27:35 AM

Nassau, Bahamas - Sidney Collie, Chairman of the Free National Movement (FNM), issued the following statement on Minister Fitzgerald’s comments on the Education System:

“I find it hilarious that Minister Fitzgerald is trying to tell Bahamians that the FNM should not talk about the Education System in a poor light because it is an election year. Does Minister Fitzgerald think he should not be held accountable for the failures of his Government to improve the Education System for the past four years? He likes to tout his plan for the future but before the plan was published he had almost four years to work to improve education yet grades continued to go down under his tenure.”

“Minister Fitzgerald stated in 2013, ‘The Department of Education, we must accept some responsibility for the deficiencies in our mathematics results and our ministry’s failure to implement required strategies to improve not only teaching, but our results in this area.’ Well it has been almost three years since that statement and the most recent data released by the Education Department shows that there is an ‘E’ average in mathematics.”

“It is obvious why Minister Fitzgerald does not want the Bahamian people to look into his Ministry and Government – it is because they are epically failing in every aspect, from Education to Baha Mar to the high murder rate. Minister Fitzgerald can continue to point to a plan for the future but in his four years as Minister he has no real accomplishments and wants us to continue to believe in his empty rhetoric and broken promises. The FNM will not just present plans after almost four years in office but will immediately work to fix our Education System.”

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