The Speaker of the House of Assembly House of Assembly (HOA), Hon. Rochelle
\nForde is conducting a \u2018School Outreach Program\u2019 to improve awareness about the
\ndifferent arms of government, their functions, and the responsibilities of the
\nParliament of St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG).<\/p>\n
Earlier today, February 16 th the team from the House of Assembly visited the
\nGeorge Stephens Secondary School in Colonarie and the New Adelphi Secondary
\nSchool.<\/p>\n
The Hon. Rochelle Forde met with third and fourth form students of each school.<\/p>\n
The Speaker of the House of Assembly has described the outreach programme as
\nan opportunity to introduce members of the House of Assembly to the nation\u2019s
\nstudents, while improving awareness about the constituent parts of the parliament,\u00a0 and to clarify the proceedings of parliament.\u201d<\/p>\n
Forde said she is optimistic that the \u2018Schools\u2019 Outreach Program\u2019 will ignite
\ninterests in students who may choose a related career path, adding that if
\nparliament is to be effective in its intention, then it must reach the people.<\/p>\n
On Wednesday February 8th 2023, the team visited the Bequia Community High
\nand the Bequia Seventh Day Adventist Secondary Schools, while on February 10 th ,
\nthey visited the Central leeward Secondary and Dr. JP Eustace Secondary School.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Speaker of the House of Assembly House of Assembly (HOA), Hon. Rochelle Forde is conducting a \u2018School Outreach Program\u2019 to improve awareness about the different arms of government, their functions, and the responsibilities of the Parliament of St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG). Earlier today, February 16 th the team from the House of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":32561,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local-news"],"yoast_head":"\n