Youth Minister Lisa Hanna says she’s met with the Executive Director of local human rights lobby group Jamaicans of Justice, Kay Osbourne, in the aftermath of the sex education controversy.
Concerns were raised about the content of the sex education programme implemented in six privately-run children’s homes by JFJ after it was revealed that the wards were exposed to inappropriate material.
The controversial manual was introduced without the approval or knowledge of the Child Development Agency and the Youth Ministry.
Speaking with Nationwide This Morning, Minister Hanna says her Ministry is still in the process of collecting reports from the six homes.
Minister Hanna says having received a preliminary report into the matter, the meeting with Ms. Osbourne was productive.
Minister Hanna has since referred the JFJ sex education manual to the attention of Attorney General, Patrick Atkinson and Children’s Advocate, Diahann Gordon Harrison.
She says she’s been advised by the Children’s Advocate to allow the homes time to mount their defense in the matter.
The Youth Minister says she’s also raised the matter at the level of CARICOM.
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