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Opposition leader and chairman of the new iLead education leadership programme, Andrew Holness (centre), puts his signature to a memorandum of understanding between the JNFoundation and the Ministry of Education to launch the initiative. Seated (from left) are Ronald Thwaites, minister of education; and Earl Jarrett, chairman of the JN Foundation andgeneral manager of the Jamaica National Building Society, while observing from the back are (from left) Dr Renee Rattray, education programme director of JN Foundation, whomanages the iLead programme; and Saffrey Brown, general manager of JN Foundation. The iLead programme was conceptualised by JN to provide leadership support to 15 schoolsin the parishes of Portland, St Mary and St Thomas. The schools are in need of critical support, according to the National Education Inspectorate. The programme was launched onSeptember 16 at the Terra Nova All Suite Hotel in Kingston.