Webster eyes beefed up monitoring of child welfare programmes

Jennifer Webster speaking at the conference yesterday. (GINA photo)

The Ministry of Human Services will be moving to improve its monitoring and evaluation of child-welfare programmes to ascertain those that work and make adjustments where necessary, according to newly-appointed Minister, Jennifer Webster.

“Government’s high priority focus will be on improving our systems of monitoring and evaluation,” said Webster who was at the time speaking for the first time in her new capacity at a Child Care and Protection Agency staff conference held at the Duke Lodge Hotel Georgetown yesterday.

“We need to know where we were, where we are, where we are going and whether we are on the right track,” she said. Adding, “The development and strengthening of a monitoring and evaluation framework for child protection in Guyana  will