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From:TheBahamasWeekly.com Bahamas Information Services Updates
The Cabinet Office released the following Statement today regarding the formation of Cabinet Committees to facilitate the work of the Government: “Recognizing that Government works best when each ministry plays its role and that the many challenges facing The Bahamas are multi-faceted, the Cabinet is intent on fostering and/or deepening – inter-ministerial collaboration and cooperation. This has been done through the composition of Cabinet Committees to address such issues as Public Sector Reform and the vexations problem of crime. Cabinet Ministers will renew and address the relevance of Government policies and processes that govern the delivery of public services. This will include the legislation, skills analysis, use of IT, management of human resources, rewards for excellence, consequences for infractions and promotion of innovation.
With regard to the issue of crime, the Cabinet Committee will conduct research and must focus its attention on the youth employment and positive social and civic activities, the environment, strengthening literacy skills and consolidating the various apprenticeship programmes. Each of the Committees is to report within a specified period of time. As education is also of paramount importance, Ministers and Members of Parliament generally, have been encouraged to assist schools regularly to remain conversant with the status of school repairs to ensure that schools open on time. With this said, there must be the recognition that some “repairs” are effecting much needed transformation of schools that should not only assist in the delivery of education but protect the health of teachers and students alike”.
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