Education

Bustamante High School Opens New Literacy and Numeracy Labs with Support from Jamalco

Bustamante High School is celebrating a major milestone in its commitment to academic excellence with…

Why Schools Need Unpopular” Rules

Every few weeks, social media lights up with the same tired chorus: “Rules don’t affect…

Govt Supports Yoga in Schools

While the education ministry has been placing the spotlight on devotions in schools, Hindu practices…

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…