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There is growing support for the establishment of more boarding schools in Jamaica.
Attorney at law Clyde Williams is among those now calling for boarding to be provided as an additional option in the education system.
"I think it helps with those (children) you want to place in schools that are doing well but live in environments that are holding them back ... as a mix of options, it has worked for the Jamaica of old ... we could build a couple of (boarding schools) and take them (the children) out of these oppressive circumstances and have them mix with different people from different communities."
Mr. Williams was speaking on RJR's news review programme, "That's a Rap!" on Sunday.
And businessman Chris Stokes, who has also on the programme, recalled his own experience as a boarder.
"It's something that fundamentally changed my life and has an impact on me until this day ... you tended to move to the highest denominator not the lowest ... so what happened was we were able to lift up each other and there were people who came from difficult circumstance who didn't want to go home on the holiday."
The principal of Hampton High Heather Murray recommended last week that at least one boarding school be established in each parish.
Attorney at law Clyde Williams is among those now calling for boarding to be provided as an additional option in the education system.
"I think it helps with those (children) you want to place in schools that are doing well but live in environments that are holding them back ... as a mix of options, it has worked for the Jamaica of old ... we could build a couple of (boarding schools) and take them (the children) out of these oppressive circumstances and have them mix with different people from different communities."
Mr. Williams was speaking on RJR's news review programme, "That's a Rap!" on Sunday.
And businessman Chris Stokes, who has also on the programme, recalled his own experience as a boarder.
"It's something that fundamentally changed my life and has an impact on me until this day ... you tended to move to the highest denominator not the lowest ... so what happened was we were able to lift up each other and there were people who came from difficult circumstance who didn't want to go home on the holiday."
The principal of Hampton High Heather Murray recommended last week that at least one boarding school be established in each parish.