Jamaica leading project to address underachievement in boys

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'(Jamaica Observer) JAMAICA is the lead country in a Caribbean project aimed at developing programmes and strategies to address educational underachievement in boys.

Dubbed: ‘Advancing the Education of Boys’, the initiative is being undertaken as a pilot in Jamaica and three other Caribbean countries through funding and expertise from the Commonwealth Secretariat. It is expected to last three years.

It is being executed locally by the Ministry of Education, through the Jamaica Teaching Council (JTC) and the Commonwealth Secretariat.

Education Programme Officer for the Commonwealth Secretariat Hipolina Josephs told JIS News that the initiative is in response to the need for support identified by member countries at a consultation in Jamaica a few years ago.'