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Certain things must be given priority, and if these are given priority, there will be prosperity. Let's take a look at a few of the pillars for building a great society:
- The first place to start is to ensure that children are brought up in homes where they are properly socialized.
- Emphasis must be placed on early childhood education. This should be a time for children to have fun and learn at the same time.
- At the secondary level, the proper socialization should continue. The emphasis should not only be on acquiring knowledge but also on socializing the young people to function in an environment where there is order and discipline. They should acquire the skills that can make them productive in society. This is the stage where emphasis should be placed on accountability.
- At the tertiary level, we should transform people into thinkers who are creative and highly skilled. The tertiary level should not turn people into bookworms. That level should be putting out leaders for the nation. That does not mean you have to be a tertiary graduate to be a leader.
I have suggested before that we need a national socialization programme for young people aged 15 to 25. At each stage in the programme, the young people should receive awards. Too much emphasis is placed on awards for adults who don't need it, and there is little recognition for young people unless they excel in sports
I have written this article because I am not convinced enough is being done to properly socialize our youngsters nationally. Recently, I wrote about the case of assault at Jamaica College, and rather than trying to deal with the problem, some past students were busy trying to tear down Bark Di Trute and the news media. This weekend I was informed of another case of assault. This is an indication that something is wrong with the school environment. Students feel they have to take their own action to deal with challenges.
This evening, there is news of a Seaforth High School student killing another student. There is also a video being circulated of students assaulting other students. I would like to hear from the Excelsion High School administration if they are aware of that video.
The following are some of the many articles that I have written about the challenges in our schools. I wonder how many people really care.
- Prime Minister Holness Announces Comprehensive Measures to Address Escalating School Violence
- Jamaica College Disgraced By Hoodlums
- These Knox College Students Are An Embarrassment - Put Them Somewhere Else!
- Principal of St. James High Being Targeted, Why? Part I
- Retreat Seventh-Day Adventist Church Pastor Send's Letter to Parents About 'Unfortunate Incident'
- CCTV To Deal With Crime
- Bullying In Schools Continues
- Student Flung From Moving JUTC School Bus
- Update On Bullying at Rock River Primary
- Dragged Up Children Will Drag Down The Society
- What's Happening In Our Schools, Mona High, St. James High, Hopewell High and Others?
- Corruption in our Schools - Auditor General Needs to Jump on This One!
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There is too much happening in our schools for our teachers, guidance councilors and principals not to see and make the right adjustment as they go along and think 🤔 outside the box. If they are not willing to enforce the code of conduct, where discipline is concern. Then the code will definitely discipline them instead. In these times whenever other students evil happening all a round them, beforethey try to get rid of it. They take it up and run with it, and go back and repeat the very samething, that we do not need in our society. So either stand up and do what is right or we can just fall for anything. A call to repentance and it is time to come off the fence now, before it pop down.
ReplyDeleteYou could not put it any better.
DeleteI agree with your call, Mr. Derby. I would hasten to say however that the resocialization effort that you speak of for young people 15-25 should start much earlier. Age 15 is way too late and requires a much deeper intervention effort by the time you reach that age. The problem of dysfunctionality is way too entrenched in the Jamaican society and we have to begin with the very young to extricate it. I have heard stories of certain things happening in our early childhood institutions that would shock you. This from teachers and parents alike. Kids are doing things at that age that I would never of thought of when I was that young. By the time they reach 15 they are seasoned veterans.
ReplyDeleteLike you, I have written many times about a national intervention that's needed to address the crisis in the Jamaican family. We all know it, but refuse to connect the dots to understand its ramifications. We must address our culture of absentee father / single mother / multiple baby-mother / multiple baby father / jacket syndrome.
As a manager, I see the societal dysfunctionality even in the workplace and how it undermines productivity. Before long, we are going to see every area of national life affected. I believe that if we are to change our fortune, then every single well-thinking Jamaican needs to get involved and do something. For me, I have chosen to mentor young people to help make a difference and if possible, to make up for the deficit that they're not receiving at home. One of the most disappointing things to me, is seeing that it is mainly women who are signing up for mentorship duties in the various national initiatives we have to address the problem. These mentorship programmes are both in the Ministry of National Security and the Ministry of Justice. I believe it is full-time for us to have one in the Ministry of Education, though I know that some schools have a mentorship programme where past students mentor the students at their alma mater. But, most of the mentors are women, and many of them are mentoring boys. We need all hands on deck. We can't stay afar and be spectators.