Apostle Dr. Lucille Baird

“We are going to strip the institution and rebuild that institution properly,” he said.

“I would like to turn a new page and start a new chapter in the oversight and management of the Government Industrial School in Barbados. As I said before, we will be calling on Mrs Faith Marshall-Harris, UNICEF and Attorney Dr Adrian Cummins in leading the process in transformation in the structure and management of the facility under the new Board of Management of the Government Industrial School,” Abrahams added.

He added that with the new thinking that will be reflected in both the Child Protection legislation as well as the Child Justice Bill, the new board has been charged to develop policies and programmes that reflect the philosophy that children have rights and deserve to be nurtured.

“To this end, I will be meeting with the new Board of GIS next week to impress upon them the need to work with UNICEF in reformatting and relooking the emphasis and priorities of that institution. I have personally not ruled out a name change or even a deemphasizing of the institutional care. These are among the recommendations I would like to see emanating from the new Board under the chairmanship of Rev Dr Baird and in consultation with UNICEF and Faith Marshall-Harris.

Extracts sourced from barbadostoday.bb

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