History Agrees that Schools Should Remain Closed Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
"Many adults are having difficulty following social distancing and mask-wearing rules so it would be ludicrous to expect children to...
University Graduates Left Behind During COVID-19
"Coming next year, the “forgotten ones”, the tertiary graduates, will be knee-deep in frustration when the time comes for them...
Learning More History
"Our young people need to learn about each and every major individual involved in our road to freedom. They need...
Back to School: Wake Up Call to Reduce Jamaica’s Digital Gap Amid COVID-19
"The COVID-19 pandemic has made us more aware of many things and one such thing is the huge digital divide...
Education: A Working Definition for Jamaica
"We look on hopefully, awaiting bold recommendations from the Education Transformation Commission 2020. There are a number of foundational changes...
Teaching and Parenting through COVID-19
"One of the many opportunities that can be capitalized on now, while children are at home and while parents try...
Education, Examination and the Future of Work
"The use of multiple choice assessments to evaluate English Literature students is perhaps in need of examination... because of the...
School Paternalism
"Not only do many of our schools go above and beyond in indoctrinating students with their own narrow ideas of...
Calls for Online School Closure, Still?
"The government is doing an excellent job in reaching under-resourced students. Unfortunately, it seems that this is disappointing to some...
Reaching Offline Students – Whatever the Number
While the information put forward by Minister Samuda has been received with skepticism by some, especially from members of the...
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