MONTEGO BAY, St James — After at least six months in a behaviour modification programme, several of the teenaged participants have promised that the work done will not go to waste.

The assurance came during an awards ceremony where all 10 participants in the St James Youth Innovation Centre’s Behaviour Modification or Social Intervention programme were officially recognised for the progress they have made.

Among them was Green Pond High School student Kibarry Miller, who, in a frank assessment, told the Jamaica Observer he would not be in school now if he had not been part of the programme.