The Ministry of Education in Jamaica is taking steps to allow the Seventh-day Adventist uniform group—the Pathfinders—to setup clubs in primary and high schools across the nation.
This announcement was made by Assistant Superintendent of Police Coleridge Minto with responsibility for safety in schools, who was representing the Education Minister, The Hon. Ruel Reid, during a service of installation for nearly 1,000 young people into the various uniform groups of the church.
“Once the protocols are ironed out during a meeting with the Adventist youth leaders and the Ministry of Education in the coming week, we expects that at least 5-10 pathfinder clubs will be established in various schools across the island by the end of this year 2018,” said Minto.
Since 2004, the Ministry of Education has started the safe school program to assist schools with behavioral and anti-social issues among the youth.
“The success that we have had so far with this program can be attributed to partnerships with agencies such as the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Therefore, the ministry is extending an invitation to the Adventist Church to establish pathfinder clubs in the national school programs through primary and high schools,” Minto added.
