The Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information has hit back after Education Minister Senator Dr Dana Morris Dixon was taken to task on Wednesday over comments she had made regarding delays in the approval process for a perimeter fence at Naggo Head Primary School in Portmore.

In a statement, the ministry insisted that official records support Morris Dixon’s stance that there had been a protracted approval timeline, despite Portmore councillors’ rejection of the claim and insistence that the minister needed to “get her facts straight”.

“The documentary record confirms that the project was subjected to an extended end-to-end approval process involving land, planning, access, and municipal authorisation before the final building permit was issued,” the ministry said in its statement.