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NORTH AMERICAN Newsline JUNE 02, 2023 | The Indian Eye 30

NYC Chancellor David Banks demands

for call to actions on education

OUR BUREAU
New York, NY

n a meeting with media in
New York city, Chancellor
IDavid C. Banks stunned
the audience with unbelievable
facts. He with his Deputies
shared dark facts of America as
the nation faces huge challenges
with lack of proficiency to even
read. Said Chancellor Banks,
“Today about 60% of Latino
and Black community don’t
have reading proficiency. Even
the most glorified Asians and
white are about 30%. Almost
1.2 million drop out causing an
annual loss of $2.2 Trillion”.
Mayor Eric Adam’s has
identified education as a core
sector to improve for the city. A
self-educated Mayor Adams is a
role model as he has grown with
education. He is keen to help
the city youth transcend to next
level with better education.
The meeting was attended
by in Deputy Chancellors Ms.
Carolyne Quintana, Ms. Kara
Ahmed and Ms. Daniel Rux.
Ms. Quintana said with 1% in-
crease in proficiency the nation
can gain $240 billion annually.
Citywide, Detroit AR 91%
and Rochester at 81% are the
lowest while the Silicon Valley
neighboring San Francisco is at
45%. The incarcerated adults
are at 70% with little hope to
improve.
Chancellor shared NYC
plans under leadership of May-
or Adams to improve the edu-
cation. “We can’t neglect the
demands of education and have
to go on a war front”. Our chil-
dren are the future and read-
ing proficiency is the first step.
While we aspire to compete
with the world as it turns digital,
we have focus on core and ba-
sics,” said Ms Quintana.
All the officials addressed
media questions and requested
for support to build awareness
to implement the plans to raise
educational standards of our
youth.

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