![Director of Children and Family Programmes at the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA), Warren Thompson (right), displays the cover of a story book to grade-two students at the Bamboo Primary and Junior High School in St. Ann during Read Across Jamaica Day on Tuesday (May 3). Mr. Thompson visited the institution as part of a school tour to promote the importance of child protection and the Agency’s 211 Child Abuse Reporting Hotline.](https://jis.gov.jm/wp-content/cache/thumbnails/2022/05/DSC_0403-Copy-325x220-c.jpg?v=1651784057)
Ministry of Education and First Global Bank Music Initiative
Studies have shown that when incorporated into an academic curriculum, music enhances a child’s ability to learn. With this in mind, First Global Bank sought to partner with the Ministry of Education in 2011 to launch a pilot programme that would see music being incorporated into the Grade 3 curriculum of six primary schools.
Presented by:
Vaughn Davis
![Vaughn Davis](/wp-content/themes/jis2022/img/avatar.png)