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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 1987

THE

MR JEAFFRESON POINTED OUT THAT THE GOVERNMENT ESTABLISHED SCHOOL TALKS TEAM IN FEBRUARY 1984 TO GIVE DRUG EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS AGED BETWEEN 12 AND 15 IN

TALKS ΤΟ FORM I III CLASSES AND THAT NO CONSIDERATION WAS

TO FORM YET GIVEN TO COVERAGE OF THE SCHOOL TALKS TEAM TO PRIMARY SCHOOLS.

EXTEND THE

"THE OBJECT OF THE TEAM IS TO REACH ALL YOUNG SECONDARY STUDENTS BEFORE ANY OF THEM LEAVE AT THE AGE OF 15 NINE-YEAR PERIOD OF COMPULSORY EDUCATION. THOSE WHO THIS EARLY AGE ARE CONSIDERED TO BE MORE VULNERABLE ΤΟ INFLUENCES THAN THOSE STILL ATTENDING SCHOOL.

LEAVE

"SCHOOL. TALKS ARE AIMED AT GIVING STUDENTS UNDERSTANDING OF THE DRUG PROBLEM AND THE DANGERS OF DRUG

SAID.

IN FEBRUARY THIS YEAR, HE ADDED, THE TEAM COMPLETED CYCLE OF TALKS IN JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS AFTER GIVING TALKS TO SOME 200,000 STUDENTS IN THE TERRITORY,

SCHOOL

AFTER THE SCHOOL AT UNDESIRABLE

A GOOD ABUSE," HE

ITS FIRST ABOUT 600

LOVER

"HAVING RECENTLY REVIEWED THE ACTIVITIES OF THE ADVISED THAT THE SCHOOL TALKS PROGRAMME SHOULD BE

TEAM. ACAN EXPANDED то STUDENTS IN FORMS JA AND V AS WELL. ACCORDINGLY, PLANS ARE IN HAND ACQUIRE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES,'

HE SAID.

NORE

ΤΟ

SCHOOL

MR JEAFFRESON FURTHER SAJD THAT AS REGARDS PRIMARY STUDENTS, THE VIEW WAS THAT DRUG EDUCATION SHOULD BE PROVIDED FOR PARENTS OF CHILDREN OF

APPROPRIATELY SUCH A YOUNG AGE AND PARENT SEMINARS AND FAMILY CAMPS WERE ORGANISED FROM TIME TO TIME.

HE ALSO NOTED THAT DRIG EDUCATION WAS BEING PRIMARY 6 (LASSES THROUGH THE TEACHING OF HEALTH EDUCATION.

THAT

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