Education sector must share pain of recession

I WAS dismayed at the campaign against the education measures announced in the budget.

These are necessary as we experience what can only be described as unprecedented economic times. Now is the moment when we must all pull together and work for the future of our country.

It is understandable that different sectors will experience the pain of the recession in different ways. But with a current budget deficit spiralling upwards in billions, the last thing we need is sectoral interests being pursued. Most of the world is in recession.