British celebrity praises music programme

British-born criminal defence barrister and TV personality, Shaun Wallace, is in strong support of the Music, Perfect Pitch for A Sound Education programme being undertaken in several schools across Jamaica.

The programme, now in its third year, is a joint initiative spearheaded by First Global Bank (FGB), First Global Financial Services and the Ministry of Education in 10 primary and junior high schools in St James, Manchester, and Kingston.

Wallace gave the project excellent marks during a visit with FGB's assistant vice-president (western region), Courtney Wilson, recently.

"I believe it's a fantastic programme and I've read where hundreds of students are benefiting tremendously with their educational development," Wallace said.

Wallace reminded students that if they did not focus and have an objective and a desire to learn, all efforts would have been futile. "There is no secret. You have the determination to learn and you will succeed," he said.

quiz show

Wallace, who had a 100 per cent win in all his cases in 2010, is one of the chasers on the popular ITV1 quiz show 'The Chase', and is only one of two to have won the game in zero seconds. He is also the first and only black individual to date to have won the Master Mind Quiz Competition .

Emphasising that there was no magic to his accomplishments, only determination, he is urging students in the music programme, and generally, to work hard towards their educational pursuits.

"As a lecturer, I am very passionate about children's education and I'm very pleased with the work First Global and the ministry are doing. Education is the key to success," said Wallace.

Encouraged by the positive feedback from teachers and students, Wilson said statistically, there was a correlation between music and children's educational development, hence First Global's enthusiastic move to pilot the project.