JTA demands emergency water funds for schools

MONTEGO BAY, St James — The Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) is calling for improvements in the Government’s trucking of water to schools currently being impacted by the drought that is taking a significant toll on sections of the island.

The association is also urging authorities to provide impacted institutions with dedicated emergency funds to address the issue.

“The JTA is therefore calling for strengthened water-trucking arrangements and the examination of additional reliable sources of potable water. There are several parishes that are not experiencing water shortage from which water could be trucked to affected parishes,” argued JTA President La Sonja Harrison during a media briefing at Sea Gardens Hotel in Montego Bay, St James, on Wednesday.