A lot has been said about the Free Quality Education (FQE) which was and is still top on the President’s agenda.
The Wise Bird has also made a number of investigations on how the program has been working in the interest of the school going children and by extension the parents and guardians.
The Free Quality Education (FQE) was and is still has the respect by almost every sector of the government as it tops all His Excellency President Julius Maada Bio’s agendas.
However, those working with the President are not honest with him to say the least.
Many a time, the Wise Bird is mostly classed as inquisitive, but that is not the case, only that, the bird looks at things critically and calls them by their proper and correct names in the interest of the public.
The most respected animal always gives praises where they are due, as the bird is not accountable to any individual or groups of individuals or any political party.
From what the Wise Bird has gathered, the President in making such a pronouncement to the general public must have looked at all the possibilities for a Free Education in this country.
Secondly, since he said so with a very good intension to assist the less fortunate ones, but the Free Education program today is not working as expected by the President to say the least.
The Wise Bird has been following almost all the activities relating to the Free Quality Education (FQE).
Some people are not working with the President’s vision and that is more the reason the program is failing gradually.
The nomenclature “Free Quality Education” (FQE) should be expunged from all the books and find another suitable name for the program, because education is not free from what the bird has observed -people pay charges to admit their children to respective schools in the country.
The bird stands to be corrected as free in its sense simply means, every school going child should not pay or buy anything or his/her parents paying fees or buying school materials for him /her.
According to how the program was designed by the President, it should be totality free for all pupils, as was said during the President’s campaign. His messages in 2018 were made very very clear on this.
But unfortunately everything has changed now, the rumors and dissatisfactions from the people before the re-opening of schools and if what the bird has been seeing on social media is anything to go by, the President’s vision has been killed at birth completely.
The Wise Bird saw a list on social media titled ANNEX 1, price list for 2024/2025 School academic year.
According to the list, JSS & SSS boys: pocket badge=20,000, neck–tie =45,000, uniform (2 set with badge) = 495,000 totaling 495,000.
JSS & SSS girls: Hijab 60,000, pocket badge 20,000, uniform (2 set with badge) 430,000 totaling 510,000. JSS girls (Christian): Beret and crest 85,000, belt 85,000, pocket badge 20,000, uniform (2 set with badge) 430,000 totaling 620,000.
SSS GIRLS (Christian): felt hat and band 200,000, belt 85,000, pocket badge 20,000 uniform (2 set with badge) 430,000 totaling 735,000.
If, and only if the above list is authoritative to believe, so is this what is referred to as FREE EDUCATION?
The nomenclature “FREE EDUCATION” must be completely expunged from all the books and government should find a better name for the program because there seems to be no Free Education running in the country.
This was not the expectation of the President before he announced the FREE EDUCATION program years back.
The President is working with saboteurs in his government.
Bra Parrot is deeply in sympathy with the President for working with enemies in his government.