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KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) — Minister of Education, Andrew Holness, has appealed to top-flight Jamaican athletes to use their celebrity status to leverage support for the education system.
“I think that is the greatest investment that you could make in the development of your own country, and when you do that you will be ensuring that the country from which you came will be the country of choice.to live, work and raise our families,” he stated.
Holness was speaking Monday at the launch of the third annual Fun 4 Kidz Sanya Richards Fast Track programme, at the Kingston High School, downtown Kingston. The after-school programme combines literacy and extra-curricular activities, and is mainly sponsored by Jamaican-born US 400 metres champion, Sanya Richards.
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