MOUNTAIN SPRING BAY, Trelawny — Education Minister Senator Dr Dana Morris Dixon says she will be pushing to have the skills-focused HEART/NSTA Trust programme, now restricted to participants over 17 years old, more deeply integrated into high schools across the country. She has asked teachers for their support as the strategic shift is made.

“I will be working to change that legislation so that we can have HEART working more in the schools, and therefore we can get more support for TVET (technical and vocational education and training) in our schools,” revealed Morris Dixon on Wednesday.

“That’s a big change! So when I do it I want to hear you supporting me in public that this is something that is important for our schools,” the education minister cajoled, Wednesday, while addressing the final day of the Jamaica Teachers’ Association’s (JTA) 62nd Annual Conference which was held over three days at Ocean Coral Spring resort in Trelawny.