Dear Editor,
In 1976 I was invited to contribute to the development of The Caribbean Council of Churches’ Sunday School curriculum titled “Fashion me a People”. The project was under the direction of Dr. Joyce Bailey of Jamaica. In my opinion, this was a very strong attempt to supply resource materials to Churches to foster both spiritual and moral growth for whom it was designed, e.g. Nursery, Primary Schools etc.
The State, I do believe, can enter into such a project taking into account that Moral Education can be addressed outside religious beliefs. What is Moral Education outside the religious context? What are the objectives of Moral Education? What should be registered as Content? How should it be presented in the learning/teaching context? This, of course, would be a costly undertaking but who knows; it may be beneficial to the nation.