Jamaica Gleaner Letters
Published: Monday Friday | April 3, 2009
LETTER OF THE DAY - Undermining parliamentary legitimacy
The Editor, Sir: I am hoping that North East St Ann Member of Parliament, Shahine Robinson, was terribly misquoted in the report carried in this newspaper on April 1 when she described the by-election in West Portland as being a "distraction ... Read More...
Assessing CSEC pass rates
The Editor, Sir: Your editorial of March 31 concerning CSEC passes in maths and English casts some very necessary light on the level of educational achievement in schools. I would like to set out and compare... Read More...
No SLB loans, what then?
The Editor, Sir: Prime Minister Bruce Golding's recommendation to grant preferential loans to those pursuing studies in fields that are in the demand is only pragmatic to a minute extent. Eventually, those job markets are going to become inundated ... Read More...
What will happen to the 20,000?
The Editor, Sir: I read your editorial about what Audley Shaw will have to do to make his budget work. I have some questions.... Read More...
Superstition and brutality
The Editor, Sir: Robert Lalah's story, 'Hunting a giant lizard', on page A4 of your April 2 edition is, as are all his stories, very well written, and I suppose for many, highly entertaining.It is unfortunate that the laughter this story will engender is... Read More...
Flawed analysis
The Editor, Sir: It is good that we have finally started to publish data about our schools but the education supplement printed on March 31 has some fundamental flaws in the analysis that I would like to point out... Read More...
Prioritising students' loans
The Editor, Sir: It was proposed recently that the Students' Loan Bureau (SLB) has limited funds and the decision was taken that these funds would be allocated giving priority to certain areas of studies in allocating these funds. What is the big issue ... Read More...
