Jamaica’s Authorities seeking to increase partnership with the church
JIS Information- Jamaica’s Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Authorities is looking for to increase its partnership with the church to construct extra colleges in Jamaica.
Mr. Holness mentioned the goal is to implement a value-based schooling within the society, after recognizing a “transition” within the nation’s foundational values.
“I consider the church can play and is taking part in a vital position in fortifying the society and in guaranteeing that there isn’t a complete collapse of the ethical base of the society,” he said
“I need to use this chance to commend the church, in as a lot as asking for the church to see if extra could be executed to guard and help our Jamaican civilization,” he added.
The Prime Minister was talking on the 2023 Pentecost Meeting, hosted by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kingston, on the Nationwide Area in Kingston on Sunday (Might 28).
Moreover, Prime Minister Holness knowledgeable that colleges managed by the church proceed to carry out exceptionally effectively.
“Our schooling system just isn’t as dangerous as some would have it to be. We have now colleges that proceed to provide world-leading expertise,” he careworn.
It’s towards this background that Mr. Holness famous that, faith-based schooling continues to be useful, “at the same time as society turns into modernized and takes an agnostic view”.
“Being grounded in a faith-based instructional program continues to be highly effective and useful in right now’s world,” the Prime Minister mentioned.