The education sector will this year receive $135.2 billion to further advance its programmes, Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh announced.
Of this allocation, some $28.7 billion will go towards the construction, rehabilitation, and maintenance of school buildings and educational facilities.
Additionally, $8.1 billion will be injected to continue the distribution of the “Because We Care” cash grant initiative and uniform grant, benefitting 205,305 children.
A total of $4.9 billion has been set aside to continue the national school feeding programme while $3 billion was allotted to purchase over 500,000 textbooks for primary and secondary school pupils.
Meanwhile, a sum of $2.3 billion was budgeted to support technical and vocational interventions.
