8 October 2016 - Business View Caribbean
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Education Minister Encourages
Schools to Plant Trees
Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Sena-
tor the Hon. Ruel Reid, is encouraging educational
institutions across the island of Jamaica to plant
trees to protect the environment.
The Senator, who was participating in a tree-planting
event on October 7th, at the Charles Chin Loy Basic
School in Kingston, in observance of National Tree
Planting Day 2016, said that promoting environmen-
tal awareness among youth is important to conserve
and protect the country’s natural resources.
“We are trying to get all institutions to participate in
tree planting, which helps to make the environment
healthier. Educational institutions have to deal with
not only the theoretical part of delivering the curricu-
lum, but, in a very practical way, demonstrate and
have the students participate in an activity like (tree
