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Nevis
premier emphasises social and economic transformation in
2008 |
January 02,
2008, CHARLESTOWN, Nevis: Nevisians can expect continued
emphasis in every area of people empowerment through social
and economic transformations. Premier of Nevis Joseph Parry
made the disclosure as he ushered in the New Year in a
televised and radio address on Tuesday.
He described 2007 as a year with much success, as his team
of Hensley Daniel, Robelto Hector, Dwight Cozier and
Carlisle Powell worked tirelessly to make life better for
all Nevisians.
The island’s Senior Citizens he said had been the highest
priority for the Nevis Island Administration and in 2008 it
would continue to give its fullest support to them and seek
to strengthen family bonds in each community as the great
significance of family and family life continued to be
highlighted.
In the area of training, Parry said a number of initiatives
to address unqualified persons who left school. In the
aftermath of short courses designed by the Ministry of
Social Transformation and the Small Enterprise Development
Unit (SEDU) in 2007, the matter he said would be addressed
in a more strategic fashion and a small team from a training
institution in Trinidad would visit Nevis.
“The purpose of the visit is two-fold. Firstly, the team
will be meeting contractors and mechanics to determine their
needs. Out of this exercise will emerge a training programme
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“This programme
will be tailored for the many youngsters who have just left
school or those who have been out of work or who have been
unfortunate not to have been exposed to training in any
form,” he said.
Also, 15 persons with leadership potential in communities
throughout the island would be identified for training in
Trinidad.
“On their return to Nevis they will be expected to be role
models in their community in a way to discourage delinquency
and idleness and to promote positive behaviour and a healthy
attitude to work,” he said.
Training will also be continued in the Community Centres
where men and women will be exposed to utility training,
cottage type activities and home development to complement
the new initiatives. The Centres would also be used for
research, computer type activities and recreation.
These activities, Parry explained, would have a component
associated with a Unit that was being established to resolve
the issues of absentee parents and problems in the home. The
objective of which would be to strengthen the family unit
and to help the young people of Nevis to adjust to the
changing demands of our society.
With regard to education, Parry said much had been done to
strengthen the education system on the island. He announced
that the new St Johns Primary School would be opened in
January but at the moment, efforts were being made to secure
the area.
A nearby pond and the school’s compound were being fenced
and later in the year a playfield would be established on
the Flats for use by the school and the community.
He also addressed the problem of overcrowding at the
Charlestown Primary School which he said would be alleviated
in January with the availability of four additional
classrooms. However, a long term plan would include the
purchase of more lands in the area and the expansion of the
school.
Also, all primary schools would receive a new computer
system in 2008, while the Schools Meals Programme would be
introduced at the St Johns Primary early in the New Year.
He said overcrowding in the Charlestown Secondary School’s
would be addressed. That learning institution would also
receive an additional four class rooms in 2008 though the
long term plan for the school was being formulated for
presentation to a funding agency for consideration.
The Gingerland Secondary School’s roof would also receive
attention.
Notwithstanding, Parry said the Department of Education
would be reorganized to deliver the strongest support to the
island’s schools; the ongoing training of teachers would
continue to be a priority and the support for trained
teachers would be given to ensure the delivery of good
education to the students and that a proper incentive
programme for teachers would be completed before September
2008.
The programme would supplement the efforts the
Administration had given to teachers in training and those
who have graduated from the Clarence Fitzroy Bryant College.
He used the opportunity to appeal to all parents to support
the Homework Assistance Programme which was highly regarded
regionally and would be funded by an external agency later
in 2008.
In the area of rising food prices, Parry said the Nevis
Government would continue to address the situation through
the establishment of a food basket of basic food supplies
and would seek to control the prices of those items; would
continue to make land available to Nevisians at an
affordable rate and would seek to adapt a number of measures
outlined in the People’s Agenda to assist the people of
Nevis.
However, Parry anticipated that 2008 would be another
bountiful year for Nevis, when his Administration’s hard
work would pay dividends. He referred to a number of
projects slated to commence in January which would have a
profound impact on the island’s economy and to provide long
term employment.
According to the Premier, the Administration would continue
to prepare Nevisians to take their rightful place in the
development of Nevis.
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