Residents of Jacks River community in St Mary have praised an initiative between the United Stated Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Ministry of Education (MoE), which aims to improve literacy rates in Jamaica by developing a series of communal education centres for disadvantaged parents.
Jacks River Primary's principal, Sha-Haney Froome-Roberts, believes the new centre will help bridge the gap between home and school, and strengthen parent-teacher relations. She explained: "I've always wanted the parents to be engaged in something that can possibly help them earn a living
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'Parents' Place,' are designed to help parents further their education so they will be better equipped to support their children studying at school.