Montego Bay's Mayor, Councillor Glendon Harris, has lashed out against those parent who he claim are openly rejecting the core values

Barrington Flemming
Gleaner Writer
WESTERN BUREAU-
                Montego Bay's Mayor, Councillor Glendon Harris, has lashed out against those parent who he claim are  openly rejecting the core values taught to children at the basic school level, causing them to be embracing the wrong message.
           “The most important values that I have were garnered at basic school," said Harris, who was bringing greetings at the Early Childhood Commission’s 10th  Anniversary Parish Celebration at the Hotel Riu, Rosehall, in Montego Bay, on Thursday.
          "We see today where parents and the wider communities are not sticking to those core values. No matter how successful we are the foundation of our success was laid at the basic school level,” noted Harris.
Illustrating his point, the Mayor said some of the songs and the values imparted at the basic school level continue to influence his life today. “Bits of paper, bits of paper lying on the ground; make the place untidy, make the place untidy, pick them up, pick them up,"  he said, reciting an old basic school memory gem.
Harris told the commission that, as it celebrates it tenth anniversary, it should be cognizant of the fact that the future of the country would be determined by the successes or failure of the programmes it implements.
“As the commission celebrates its anniversary, I encourage you that the future of this country rests in what you do, the policies that you will craft and implement and your strict instructions to the early childhood institutions," said Harris. "If you fail, we all will fail in making Jamaica a better place for generations to come."