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Mineral Heights Primary School

Produced By: Andrae Palmer
Jamaica’s Promise
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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.

Mineral Heights Primary School

On Jamaica’s Promise this week, we share the journey of Mineral Heights Primary from the shift system to full-day school.

Presented by: Andrae Palmer
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