AN expansion of the recent cash grants for classroom purchases is expected to happen soon for teachers across the country.

President Dr. Irfaan Ali disclosed this during a meeting with teachers at State House on Monday.

During the engagement, a teacher expressed gratitude for the government’s recent intervention in providing grants to teachers for necessary classroom items.

Even though the intervention was necessary, she observed that teachers cannot buy fans for their hot and overcrowded classrooms, and suggested that this issue should be addressed.

The Head of State responded that the government will examine the list of items covered by the grant and consider expanding it before the week is over.

The Ministry of Education recently announced classroom grants to help teachers buy necessary janitorial, field, and office supplies.

That programme is part of the ministry’s commitment to teachers and to ensure the improvement in the delivery and quality of education.

Under this programme, teachers are to be given $4,000 per child on the coastland and some $5,500 per child in the hinterland per term. For schools with less than 56 students enrolled, a standard amount of $224,000 per term is expected to be granted.

As a result, teachers would not have to spend their own money to improve their classrooms.