Sunday, December 07, 2014
AN initiative has been launched by the Rotary Club of Trafalgar New Heights to provide 140 children from Trench Town with dictionaries.
The drive is intended to benefit the Trench Town GSAT Learning Centre in the south-east St Andrew inner-city community.
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| Students engaged in a class at the Trench Town GSAT Learning Centre. |
"One of the major challenges is the performance in language arts because there is a literacy issue in the community, and what we have found is that once the children leave the centre they don't have the tools they need to learn on their own, even something as simple as a dictionary," acknowledged Marcus Blackstock, the founder and director of the learning centre.
The centre was launched by concerned residents in the summer to address a burning concern about the low level of academic performance of the children and their subsequent social outcomes.
"Literacy continues to be a major challenge across the educational system, even as we acknowledge that our development will be dependent on the educational levels of our population. So as a club we were moved and excited to assist with this pressing need that will, in the final analysis, help to improve literacy and learning," said membership chair at the Rotary Club of Trafalgar New Heights, Michele Salmon.
"Our children should not have to be prevented from accessing education because they don't have something as simple as a dictionary," she continued. more
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