 The Gordon and Walcott Memorial Methodist School has recently relaunched its junior safety monitors program, which was discontinued in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This program was developed following training from SIDEMA in the Model Safe Schools program and seeks to train selected students in various aspects of school safety and disaster risk reduction. Also instilling positive leadership skills, get towards nurturing a culture of safety and discipline at the school. At the enrolling ceremony, Principal of the Gordon and Walcott Memorial said that safety is a critical aspect of the learning environment and that this pioneer program will go a long way in instilling and grooming discipline and leadership skills in students. Our junior safety monitors program develops student leaders. So have a look at them, our future leaders. They are given the opportunity to positively influence their peers. And I can tell you, for the most part, they command the respect of our peers. So they are well on their way to developing the skills of future leaders. Let us applaud them. It is encouraging that you, our special guests, have joined us this afternoon for this special enrollment ceremony for our junior safety monitors at Gordon and Walcott Memorial Method School. The safety monitors were trained in areas such as fire safety, first aid CPR, conflict resolution and the school safety. Acting Chief Education Officer Dawson Raghunanan underscored the importance of young children and how programs like these should be emulated to equip students with the knowledge on how to act in instances where their safety and that of their peers may be compromised. These things are realities within our system that we cannot run away from. They are there in our system and we have to face them. What better way to do it than to ensure our children are prepared to face those obstacles that are around us? What better way to do it than to ensure that we equip our children, that we provide them with the kinds of skills that they need? And so the environment that we have here today, it necessitates the need for us to embrace the comprehensive disaster management framework. The safety monitors act as peer leaders to support the rolling out of disaster management plans of the school. From the Communications Unit of the Ministry of Education, Sustainable Development, Innovation, Science, Technology and Vocational Training, I am Danielle Dubois reporting.