Education
JAM | Jul 9, 2023
Reading Time: 5 minutes Dr. Glen Christian, chairman of the Jamaica STEM for Growth Foundation, has posited the question, “How can we expect our companies to compete internationally when the majority of our students…
Reading Time: 3 minutes Dr. Asburn Pinnock, principal of The Mico University College, says that the field of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) should be used to solve the everyday problems faced by…
Reading Time: 3 minutes WASHINGTON (Reuters) The US Supreme Court handed President Joe Biden a painful defeat on Friday (June 30), blocking his plan to cancel $430 billion in student loan debt – a…
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Ministry of Education and Youth (MOEY) has revised its national summer school programme to what is now called the National Summer Academy 2023. As outlined in a bulletin issued…
Reading Time: 4 minutes Teachers at all levels of the academic system are being invited to attend The Mico University College’s International Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) conference, from July 5 to 7…
Reading Time: 2 minutes To reach more students across Jamaica, the Scientific Research Council (SRC) is aiming to recruit 40 ambassadors for its Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Ambassadorship Programme. Launched during the…
Reading Time: 4 minutes WASHINGTON (Reuters) In 1998, the year a voter-approved measure barring the use of race-conscious admissions policies for public colleges and universities in California took effect, the percentage of Black, Hispanic…
Reading Time: 2 minutes Member of Parliament for St. Catherine Eastern, Denise Daley has called for the support of students desirous of engaging new career choices. “Our approach [to transformational education] must be multifaceted…
Reading Time: 2 minutes Denise Daley, member of parliament for St. Catherine Eastern has stressed the importance of education transformation for Jamaica’s progress with a number of suggested strategies. Among them are the urgencies…
Reading Time: 3 minutes Parents’ Alliance Jamaica has appealed to the Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) for stability across the education sector during what it calls “the most critical weeks of the academic year”. Alliance…
Reading Time: 2 minutes Over twenty-five new and emerging skills will be showcased across various leading sectors at this year’s HEART/NSTA Trust’s National Skills Competition. The information was shared through a bulletin from the…
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Overseas Examinations Commission (OEC) is condemning what it called “unscrupulous behaviour” that has led to the cancellation of the CSEC Mathematics Paper 2 examination and is currently reviewing and…