Prime Minister, Hon. Bruce Golding, says Jamaica is not doing well in the area of human resource development.
He said Government is spending $75 billion this year on education but not getting value for the money being spent.
"There is a lot of work to be done...there is a culture that has to be overturned.there is a complacency that has become institutionalized. I am not throwing stones at anybody...but I went to school in an era when if you failed your exams, the teacher would mourn more than you. That was the culture that existed', Mr. Golding stated.
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He said Government is spending $75 billion this year on education but not getting value for the money being spent.
"There is a lot of work to be done...there is a culture that has to be overturned.there is a complacency that has become institutionalized. I am not throwing stones at anybody...but I went to school in an era when if you failed your exams, the teacher would mourn more than you. That was the culture that existed', Mr. Golding stated.
Article continue at http://www.jis.gov.jm/officePM/html/...PM_GOLDING.asp