For our boys

According to Jamaica Observer (General News), LUCEA, Hanover — As a guidance counsellor at Rusea’s High School in this parish, Judith Brown has always had an intense passion for encouraging and helping young males become productive members of society. Therefore, it came as no surprise when she conceived the idea of staging a 5K run/walk to raise funds for high school-leaving boys who need help to pay for tertiary education. The initiative has been adopted by the Ministry of Education Region 4 leg of the Jamaica Association of Guidance Counsellors in Education (JAGCE), where Brown has served as finance chair for the past three years. “I always want to do something for the males. Why? I notice you have fewer males going to university and more females,” Brown explained after the second staging of the JAGCE 5K Run/Walk in Hanover on Sunday. She believes that educational imbalance can create social friction. “When you’re going into a rel