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Labour: Minn "Skola Ġdida Kull Sena" għal "Skola Posposta Kull Sena"



Din il-ġimgħa tħabbar li l-iskola primarja l-ġdida fil-Qawra, li kellha titlesta fl-2017, reġgħet ġiet posposta għal sena oħra. Kien tliet snin ilu li l-Gvern Laburista kien ħabbar li kien ser jibni skola ġdida fil-Qawra għal popolazzjoni li f’San Pawl il-Baħar issa qabżet l-20,000 ruħ. Din kellha tkun lesta sal-2017, u kellha tinkludi parkeġġ, gym, futsal pitch u żewġ courts tal-badminton (ara hawn)

Iżda waslet biex tiftaħ is-sena skolastika 2018-2019, u l-Gvern ser jerġa’ jipposponi l-ftuħ ta’ din l-iskola li l-bżonn tagħha issa sar ħafna aktar kruċjali. Sar kruċjali minħabba l-politika ta’ immigrazzjoni bla pjan tal-Gvern, li jidher li għalih dan hu l-unika mod li jaf li bih ikabbar l-ekonomija. Jekk ser iżżid il-popolazzjoni, għandek taħseb tal-inqas għall-iskejjel għal din iż-żieda. Imma dan mhux isir. Mhux talli mhux isir dan, iżda l-Gvern lanqas qed iżomm mal-pass ta’ Gvern Nazzjonalista li fl-edukazzjoni kien jiftaħ skola ġdida kull sena u jżid l-investiment kull sena.

Il-frott ta’ dan qed igawduh l-istudenti li llum jattendu l-Ħandaq, il-Verdala, il-Mosta, Pembroke, in-Naxxar, Ħal Kirkop u Għawdex. Skejjel ġodda b’faċilitajiet moderni u attrezzati minn kollox.

Iżda min-naħa l-oħra, waqt li l-kanvaser tal-Ministru tal-Edukazzjoni komdu jlesti l-blokok tal-appartamenti, il-Ministeru lanqas kapaċi jlesti skola ġdida waħda.

X’differenza bejn minn verament l-edukazzjoni kien itiha priorità, u min għalih hija biss għodda biex iħaxxen butu.


Mhux biss l-iskola posposta, imma anke t-trasport tat-tfal


Kemm il-Partit Nazzjonalista u kemm il-Partit Laburista fil-programm elettorali li għadda wegħdu li t-trasport tat-tfal għall-iskejjel, anke dawk tal-Knisja u dawk indipendenti, jibda jingħata b’xejn. Dan għal żewġ raġunijiet prinċipali: l-ewwelnett biex jgħin lill-ġenituri fl-ispejjeż li jkollhom, u t-tieni biex iħajjar iżjed ġenituri jibagħtu lit-tfal tagħhom bit-trasport organizzat biex itaffu mill-problema tat-traffiku.

Ta’ min ifakkar li din kienet ġiet issuġġerita mill-Partit Nazzjonalista tliet snin qabel, imma l-Gvern dak iż-żmien irredikola din il-proposta u ħlejna issa erba’ snin mindu din setgħet tibda tiġi prattikata.

Għalkemm din kellha tibda minn din is-sena skolastika, ninsabu inqas minn tliet ġimgħat bogħod mill-ftuħ tal-iskejjel, u kemm l-għalliema u kemm il-ġenituri għadhom fid-dlam dwar x’ser jiġri, meta din kienet imħabbar fil-Baġit ta’ sena ilu. Jidher li l-Gvern tant tnikker fuq din, u tant ma pjanax kif ħa jħaddimha, li issa l-Ministru Bartolo spiċċa jgħidilna li l-ġenituri ħa jintalbu jħallsu huma għat-trasport kif kienu jagħmlu dejjem, u imbagħad il-Gvern jirrifondi l-ispejjeż (ara hawn).

Lanqas fl-affarijiet li jwegħdu li ser iwettqu huma stess mhu qed jippjanaw, aħseb u ara kemm qed isir pjanar fit-tul f’dak li qed jiġri fl-ekonomija tagħna, u fir-riperkussjonijiet tal-politika ta’ żieda fil-popolazzjoni bl-immigrazzjoni li qed iħaddem il-Gvern.




Dan l-artiklu deher fir-rubrika Cyberspace tal-Ħadd 02 ta' Settembru 2018

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