Education

Prayer essential as children prepare for school

As parents prepare their children's books, uniform, and other supplies for the reopening of school,…

Teaching Mathematics in Jamaica: Reflections on Performance, School Culture, and Social Risk Factors

As a teacher of pure and applied mathematics, I have had the privilege of teaching…

Use Allotted School Time Wisely

Dear Editor, Recently there has been public disquiet on the suggested extension of the school…

Extended School Days, Exhausted Teachers and Students

Dear Editor,As a teacher, I must respectfully voice my disagreement with the proposed two-hour extension…

2030 Deadline to Reduce Road Deaths

Annually, over 1.25 million persons, mostly men, are killed on the global road network. This…

‘Doing this for my Mom’: JAMALCO scholarship recipient pushes on

On the Sunday before she started high school, while other students were ironing uniforms and…

Stop eating satan’s garbage!

Lifestyle diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, high cholesterol, and heart disease continue to rise across…

Big moves for Quickstep Primary

There was reason to celebrate in the remote community of Quickstep, St. Elizabeth, as Quickstep…

Logos Hope brings back-to-school help

Despite the growing belief that reading is on the decline among young people as gadgets…

A Case for “Mathematics for Natural Sciences” in Our Secondary Schools

Dear Editor, I think there should be a subject at the upper secondary level called…