Grooming future decision-makers

Mon, Aug 30th 2010, 08:00 AM

By REUBEN SHEARER Tribune Staff Reporter rshearer@tribunemedia.net STATE Minister of Lands and Local Government Byran Woodside said he is hoping to bring young people to the decision-making table through a Local Government Junior Council pilot project that will engage 1,381 students of the tenth and eleventh grades from six Family Island schools. The pilot project is expected to improve the Bahamas' local government in the future by educating the country's young people about the system today. "The project will be officially launched on September 16, 2010, in Freeport, Grand Bahama. It will last for eight months ending in April 2011, at which time the final evaluation will b ...

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