BACK-TO-SCHOOL preparations can pose a great challenge for some households, especially during this current economic downturn.
But come next month, as many as 300 students could be smiling and fully decked out for school – thanks to the St Michael North-West Constituency branch of the Democratic Labour Party.
Member of Parliament for the area, Christopher Sinckler, said the constituency’s Back-To-School Programme, which is in its third year, would provide much needed assistance to some parents in
Black Rock and neighbouring areas.
Sinckler, who is also Minister of Social Care, Constituency Empowerment, Urban and Rural Development, said the aid included stationery, shoes, bags and some school uniforms. He noted that other constituencies were doing a “similar thing”.
“In some instances where it is required, we also assist with supplying textbooks for primary schoolchildren. This year we anticipate about 200 persons . . . And that is what we have registered.
It is possible we may have additional persons coming who were not registered, so we might end up with about 300,” Sinckler said.(MM)
