The Editor, Sir:

Once again we come to the close of another school year filled with some unaccomplished goals, as well as some minor steps forward. As the Jamaican school system continues to struggle with lack of resources and overcrowding, which still exists despite the attempt to build new schools, there cannot be a full transformation of the education system until all stakeholders fully support the initiatives being recommended.

Currently, teachers are being faced with many challenges, such as playing diverse roles in the lives of these young people we try to mould on a daily basis.

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The month of June ushered in quite a number of graduations. From kindergarten to high schools we are either sending children on to another institution or the world of work, which seems rather limited in the present environment. How many of these young graduates can we truly say have a future according to the standards set by society? How many of these students can actually function in the society as we grapple with the high crime rate, the lack of jobs, the decaying moral fibre of our existence and the uncertainty of our economy as the global crisis gets worse?

We need to cooperatively identify ways in which we can try to secure the next generation of Jamaicans. We need the Church to be more than just a building which houses a group of people on specific days. We need parents to be more than just egg and sperm donors that create spawns and let them out to be nuisances in our society. We need a proactive society, not a reactive one. No country can have a future without an educated population.

I am, etc,

KERRY-ANNE NOBLE

natz_noble@yahoo.com