Region Four training to help teachers address social ills

Participants in the Health and Family Life Education training (Region Four photo)

The Region Four Education Department recently held a one-day training session for teachers of Health and Family Life Education (HFLE) in a bid to combat social ills.

According to a Region Four press release, the exercise which targeted 57 of the educators from all of the secondary schools within Region Four, was timed to coincide with the school term which is about to begin.

 The training dealt with a number of issues and sought to better inform teachers on how to effectively handle those issues, thus ensuring that they are properly addressed and or resolved, the release further stated.