KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC—Julian Robinson, the Opposition Spokesperson on Finance, Planning, and Public Service, recommends incorporating character education into the school system.
He noted that character education is pivotal to reforming values and attitudes in society.
“Character education, according to the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, is ‘teaching children basic human values, including honesty, kindness, generosity, courage, freedom, equality and respect. The goal is to raise children to become morally responsible, self-disciplined citizens,” he said during his contribution to the Budget debate in the House of Representatives.
Robinson stated that character education “needs to be infused into our curriculum, and it needs to be infused into the curriculum at the primary and secondary levels.”
“Because every day we see the effect of anti-social behavior in our schools and not just the anti-social behavior, but the establishment of gangs within schools and the level of crime and violence within schools. So, I am saying to the government to infuse character education into our curriculum.
“We believe it is important to address these problems at an early age and socialize our young people for the overall good of our nation,” Robinson added.
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