 The six schools were carefully selected based on the socio-economic status of parents from the various communities and areas on the island with the most need for this effort. They include Denry Infant, Vefo Infant, Sufra Infant, Moghuj Combine, and Roblo Combined Schools. After two years of planning and preparation, these schools are said to be eager to implement the established curriculum. They all receive the plaques at the ceremony to install at their various institutions. The experimental pre-K program will initiate corrective measures to address the gaps that put children at an even greater disadvantage when they join kindergarten, according to Selma Bisset, who is the Acting National Coordinator for the OECS Pro. The third component is monitoring and evaluation, and this focuses on monitoring the project and evaluating the success of the project. And the last one, but by no means least, is the early childhood and SEN component. This component focuses on increasing access to early childhood and supporting our very important learners with special needs. Enhancing the quality and equality of access to early childhood education is a critical enhancement component of the program. Education Minister Hon. Sean Edward says the ministry for some time now had recognized that the need to provide additional support to communities which lack early childhood services or in some cases insufficient capacity to provide the services. We know of the disparities that exist in families at the community level and even at the level of the school. And people are quick to tell you all the schools are the same. They are the same in terms of the curriculum, but we know there are so many other factors in the wider community that can impact what happens at school, one of which is the socio-economic circumstances of the families from which the children come. And that is why it is important that the offering has to be equitable. The space is selected for the Pre-K classrooms and the WEND repairs and upgrades, making it suitable for children of pre-kindergarten ages. The OECS commission's Royston Emmanuel says this is important as children of the Pre-K age require a different environment as compared to the kindergarten and infant levels. This is a physical embodiment of our commitment to ensuring that every citizen in the OECS has access to quality education, especially in the early stages of life. This initiative represents more than just the creation of learning spaces. It's a deliberate move to converge early childhood education with special needs education, underscoring our dedication to inclusivity and diversity in learning. Parliamentary representative for Denry South, Hon. Alfred Prosper, expressed his thanks for the establishment of a Pre-K classroom in his constituency. Ahead of the unveiling of a plaque to mark the commencement of the initiative at the Denry infant school, the agriculture minister also commended another aspect of the OECS poll that will see the revision of the primary school curriculum. I do make a request to my minister of education that in the review of the curriculum I would like to add agriculture because I believe without agriculture there is no country. Our food import bill continues to rise when a lot of those foods that we import can be good locally. It is important that we drive this knowledge in our students very early. The OECS program for educational advancement and relevant learning OECS Perl, a four-year initiative executed across the sub-regional alliance, aims to increase equity, access and the standard of education in all member states. The OECS Perl is funded by the Global Partnership for Education, GPE, to the tune of some 10 million U.S. dollars. From the Communications Unit of the Department of Education, Innovation and Vocational Training, I am Chris Satney reporting.