Education ministry to maintain close oversight of rebuilding of schools

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Senator Dr Dana Morris Dixon, says the ministry will maintain close oversight of the rebuilding of schools damaged by Hurricane Melissa as the Government works to ensure that the institutions are restored with greater resilience.

“I’ll continue to show up unannounced. That’s not going to stop,” Senator Morris Dixon said during her back-to-school readiness visit to Ferris Primary School in Westmoreland, on September 2.

She explained that independent personnel, along with members of the ministry’s leadership team, will also be visiting schools and submitting reports, which will be compared with contractors’ updates to identify discrepancies and determine where intervention is needed.