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NEWS RELEASE

Character Counts Workshop

 Thursday 6^th September, 2007- St. George’s: The Ministry of Education in collaboration with the Lubbock Christian University will be holding a workshop under the theme “Character Counts”.

This 3-day trainer of trainers’ workshop is for Guidance Counselling Assistant at the Secondary Schools and at the district level. It will be held in the conference room of the Ministry of Education from September 25^th to 27^th, 2007 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

The workshop seeks to provide guidance and training in the area of character development, specifically in the areas of trustworthiness, responsibility, fairness, caring, citizenship and respect.