Education crisis: Morality and motivation
THE FOCUSED discussion on the education system and our crisis of under-performance is beneficial and comes at an opportune time when the country is preparing for increased foreign direct investment (FDI).
The Jamaican education system - Radical changes needed
IN RECENT weeks, the much-publicised survey on secondary schools done by Dr. Dennis Minott has evoked large and varied discussion in the media and at the policy level.
Teachers should be graded too
ONE OF the things for which I am most eternally grateful, and for which I ask you to be grateful to your teachers, is the imparting of a capacity for critical, independent thinking.
Blessed oil but cursed prices
BOB WOODWARD'S book, Plan of Attack, published earlier this year, said the Saudi Ambassador to the United States promised George Bush that Saudi Arabia would lower oil prices in time for the November elections. There are signs that this is happening.
From tradition to decency
IN 2001, the World Bank published a policy research report entitled Engendering Development. In this indepth study of the global impact of gender relations, the bank asserts that, "in no region of the developing world are women equal to men...
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