A motorcycle cop rides past the entrance to St. George's College on North Street, downtown Kingston, yesterday. - ANDREW SMITH/PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR
SOME PARENTS are against the appointment of a female principal for the all-boys St. George's College on North Street, downtown Kingston.
Here's the take of Women's Media Watch: "Gender is overwhelming the selection process of the principal at St. George's College. Using the sex of a person to determine their professional capability constitutes sexual discrimination, whether directed against a man or a woman. It is obviously a person's qualifications and experience, not the gender, that should determine viability for a post.
It should not matter, therefore, what the sex of the person who assumes the mantle of responsibility at St. George's is. What matters is the attitude he or she brings to the post, the policies and the programmes that he or she institutes, and the efforts he or she makes to redress gender inequalities, such as the lack of wholesome male role models, for example, by introducing male mentors for boys."
What's your view? Tell us in 150 words of less if gender should be a factor in naming school principals. Email comments to: editor@gleanerjm.com or fax us: 922-6224.
