THE GOVERNMENT IS CONSIDERING REVISING THE GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE FOR TUITION EXPENSES (GATE) PROGRAMME

THE GOVERNMENT IS CONSIDERING REVISING THE GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE FOR TUITION EXPENSES (GATE) PROGRAMME GIVEN THE FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS THE COUNTRY HAS FOUND ITSELF IN AND TO ENSURE THAT THAT PROGRAMME IS ACCESSIBLE TO THOSE IN NEED.
• THE DISCLOSURE WAS MADE ON THURSDAY 2ND JUNE, 2022, BY FINANCE MINISTER COLM IMBERT DURING THE POST-CABINET NEWS BRIEFING.

• ACCORDING TO MINISTER IMBERT, THE GATE PROGRAMME, WHICH WAS CONCEPTUALISED WHEN HE WAS MINISTER OF TERTIARY EDUCATION IN 2004, HAD NO CAPS AND CURRENTLY COSTS THE GOVERNMENT $200M ANNUALLY AT THE ST. AUGUSTINE CAMPUS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES ALONE.

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