KITSON TOWN,

St Catherine:

Jamaican students have been urged to reject alien cultures so that the country can return to the days when neighbours looked out for each other and children felt protected, former senior director at the Jamaica Library Service, Patricia Cuff, has said.

Cuff, addressing the annual school-leaving exercise of the St Catherine-based Kitson Town All-Age School on Tuesday, June 30, at the school, said that Jamaicans will have to make a conscious choice.

"We cannot defend our culture unless we know enough about it. To build a nation, we must first understand what the nation is about, and reject those alien cultures that are not suited for our development," she said.