Should schools be allowed to force students to take the CSEC exams privately?

June 23rd, 2011

The education system in Jamaica has many drawbacks.  At the end of five years many students leave high school without basic literacy skills.    Now we could rail against the powers that be all we want, but what it boils down to is how we motivate our students to improve their academic performance.   The [...]

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Should parents pay for extra lessons?

February 22nd, 2011

Okay, here is the problem, your child attends a school that begins at 7 am. and ends at 12 noon, how does the teacher cover all the content in the various subjects?  The solution is that the teacher offers extra lessons! The GSAT examinations which determine where a child will be placed for high school will be held [...]

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