This week, at the presentation ceremony at the National Palace, the appointed Prime Minister, Jean Henry Céant, President Jovenel Moïse took the opportunity to reassure parents and students by announcing a series of assistance measures for back to school, scheduled for September 3rd.

"Subsidies will be provided to parents of kindergarten children, from working-popular neighborhoods and to community and presbyteral schools," said President Moïse adding, "to meet the challenges of the new school year, my administration will provide assistance to State employees. It will be 100% for a monthly salary of 25,000 gourdes, less, 50% for a salary of 25,001 to 46,000 gourdes and 25% for wages over 46,000 gourdes."

Moïse recalled that the State had already ordered 100,000 school uniforms, 220,000 school kits, 12,000 benches and that it would subsidize 1.5 million schoolbooks and buy 400,000 (endowments (dotation)) for the national schools, ensuring that instructions had been given to the resigning Minister of National Education, Cadet, to make available before September 3 all these subsidized and endowed school books

The Head of State also promised that "The school canteen program will be strengthened. He will integrate more children."

In addition, Meniol Jeune, the Director General of the Ministry of National Education, said on the radio of the capital, that more than 50 million gourdes were available in the budget of his Ministry to subsidize some parents who according to their file, could receive a lump sum up to 20,000 Gourdes as accompaniment at the start of school.

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https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-25183-haiti-politic-presentation-of-the-prime-minister-appointed-to-the-national-palace.html

S/ HaitiLibre