LaSonja Harrison, the president-elect of the Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA), on Thursday expressed disappointment with the current state of some of the schools in western Jamaica, which were impacted by Hurricane Melissa.

"When I go around to the schools in the west, we still have colleagues who, when rainfall comes, are getting wet all over again, and education is expected to take place in those settings,” she said, while addressing the JTA’s St James Parish Association Annual General Meeting in Montego Bay.

Hurricane Melissa caused extensive damage to several schools across western Jamaica, with many of them losing roofs, teaching resources, and the personal properties of educators. While emergency measures allowed schools to reopen, Harrison said many institutions continue to rely on temporary accommodations that are not suitable.