 Coming to you from RGIS Studios, I am Anisia Antoine, and this is your midday news brief. The Ministry of Education has collaborated with the Center for Adolescent Renewal and Education Care to ensure education that is inclusive and responsive to the needs of all students. This partnership will target, in the first instance, students whose results at the common entrance exam fall way below the national mean. These students will be introduced to the junior life program offered at care. Through this collaboration, remedial work will be undertaken and upon having attained a satisfactory level of performance or competence, students will have the option of being reintegrated into the mainstream system or continue through the care program with a view to graduating with CVQs in areas of their choice. Additionally, eight teachers will benefit from a three-month training course in the service volunteered for all program in Trinidad to lend continuous support to students transitioning from care to the education system. As the Senate met on Tuesday, April 30th, 2019, to consider a motion for the financing of the 2019-2020 budget, a new senator was sworn in. Mr. Francisco Jaupier from the community of Labry took the oath to become a senator within the Parliament of St. Lucia. Senator Jaupier, currently a taxi operator, most recently was the assistant manager at the Labry Cooperative Credit Union. He serves on the board of the Southern Taxi Company and has for years been an advocate for taxi drivers in the South. He has been devoted to his community where he volunteers his time, especially to work with youth clubs. Senator Jaupier, currently a taxi operator, most recently was the assistant manager of loans at the Labry Cooperative Credit Union. He serves on the board of the Southern Taxi Company and has for years been an advocate for taxi drivers in the South. He has been devoted to his community where he volunteers his time, especially to work with youth clubs. Senator Jaupier, a graduate of the Viewport Comprehensive Secondary School, has also served in his early years as a fire officer of the St. Lucia Fire Service. The principal officers implementing a soil fertility project in St. Lucia met last week to revise the ongoing project. The delegation comprised the ambassador of the Kingdom of Morocco to St. Lucia and the technical team from the Department of Agriculture headed by the Honourable Minister Ezekiel Joseph. The team met to review the plan of action for the completion phase of the Moroccan soil fertility project that carries the expectation of improving soil health conditions and boosting agriculture production efforts in St. Lucia. Minister for Agriculture Honourable Ezekiel Joseph said that by fine-tuning the ongoing work under the soil fertility project, St. Lucia makes the most use of technology transfer and the application techniques that will ultimately impact the overall performance of the agriculture economy. The Moroccan soil fertility project was extended for another year with an end date of March 2021. This has been your media news brief. Thank you for watching.