TOO LATE

SOME parents of children in the school system have responded to the Education Ministry’s update on the School Supplies and Book Grant and said the processing was coming “too late”.

On Thursday the Education Ministry announced via a release that it had comple­ted the initial review of all 45,953 applications received for the book grant, and it is now undertaking the necessary final verification checks to confirm eligibility and ensure the available assistance is directed to the most vulnerable applicants.

The ministry stated that it expects to have completed final verification for approximately 10,000 applications by today, while final verification of the remaining applications is expected to be completed by next Wednesday (September 2).