Ministry of Education's response to an inaccurate statement attributed to opposition member of parliament .

The Ministry of Education has noted an inaccurate and mischievous statement attributed to Opposition Member of Parliament Sherod Duncan where he alleges that Mr. Fazal Ali was replaced by Ms. Darshini Balac for political reasons.

The truth is that Mr. Fazal Ali was hired on the 1st April 2015 to be the Co-ordinator of the Ministry of Education's Book Distribution Unit (BDU) when the Honourable Priya Manickchand was serving as minister.

In 2020 Mr. Ali indicated his desire to move from the unit as its co-ordinator and indicated an interest in working in the Planning Unit of the Ministry. That request was facilitated and Mr Ali now enjoys the position of Planning Officer in the Ministry of Education.

A young guyanese who was employed by the Ministry of Education for in excess of 6 years Ms. Darshini Balac demonstrated remarkable leadership and organizational qualities and was offered the position of Co-ordinator of the BDU which she accepted and has been doing extremely good work there thus far.

The Ministry is asking persons and Members of Parliament in particular, whether their news is meant as satire or serious, to be responsible in making sure its contents are truthful. Nothing less is owed to the public servants of this country.