A CURIOUS mind and a desire to live a life of impact have fuelled 28-year-old Brian Walker’s scholastic journey and placed him on a pathway to the pinnacle of academic achievement. The former journalist is the recipient of the inaugural Cambridge...
ANGELINE JACKSON’S ministry is centred around affirming members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (LGBTQ+) community, by providing an environment where they feel free to express their spirituality, regardless of their sexual...
Residents of Jacks Hill in St Andrew mounted roadblocks on Tuesday morning to protest the condition of the roads in their community, saying that the already-terrible state was worsened by recent heavy rainfall. Using felled trees to block the...
AN ENERGETIC Zaiden Clarke tried to get his father’s attention during a telephone interview with The Gleaner. As he intensified his efforts, his father Jermaine Clarke cheerfully shared that his son is very playful. “He is a lot of trouble right...
Jamaicans are being encouraged to reacquaint themselves with earthquake drills after a 4.9-magnitude trembler shook sections of the island on Thursday. The Earthquake Unit at The University of the West Indies said the earthquake was felt primarily...
Amid the uncertainty surrounding the labour disruption that artificial intelligence (AI) will cause for the global economy, Dr Seth Center, deputy envoy from the United States’ Office of the Special Envoy for Critical and Emerging Technology, is...
LITHIUM IRON phosphate-powered batteries are the future of electric vehicles, argues Mujeeb Ijaz, founder and CEO of Our Next Generation Energy (ONE), which is based in Detroit, Michigan. He believes his company has made a lot of progress with this...
The Mico University College on Tuesday copped the 2022 RG Platinum Award for its transformative leadership, pioneering research, and exceptional contributions to education in Jamaica. “It’s a team effort!” President Dr Asburn Pinnock declared as he...
DETROIT, Michigan: JAMAICA’S GOAL of steadily increasing the number of electric vehicles (EVs) on its roads has been described as admirable by Rich Fahle, head of partnerships and marketing at NewLab in Detroit, Michigan, United States (US)....
Massachusetts, United States: Policy harmonisation in artificial intelligence (AI) is critical in ensuring the responsible and safe development, deployment, and use of the technology. But, with some countries taking a nationalistic approach to...
Opposition Spokesman on Education Damion Crawford is disputing suggestions by the Government that there is a surplus of teachers to fill vacant positions this school year. Education Minister Fayval Williams last week noted that some 854 teachers...
AS THE Ministry of Education continues its thrust for students to access and utilise e-textbooks, at least three Corporate Area school principals are concerned that their students are not adapting to this new modality. Patrick Williams, principal...
Days before the start of the new academic year, stakeholders are hopeful that the draft national grooming policy, which is set to take effect in schools, will result in fewer students being barred from school because of infractions. “We don’t have...
Almost a decade after a promise from the Ministry of Education, Donald Quarrie High School in St Andrew is still waiting to be taken off the shift system, says the institution’s vice-principal, Patrick Williams. The promise was made eight years ago...
The escalating cost of raw materials is putting pressure on the Ministry of Education’s furniture-making programme, under which six secondary schools have been contracted to repair or build new desks and chairs for the upcoming academic year....
As the back-to-school shopping season reaches a crescendo, several parents are bemoaning the high cost of textbooks, which they believe their children will barely use in the upcoming academic year. A recent Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC) survey...
WHILE ATTENDING preparatory school, Kevin Smith would often sit at the back of the classroom and was deemed disruptive by his teachers. But what his teachers did not know at that time was that Smith was diagnosed with attention-deficit...
Students preparing for the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) examinations next year will be able to access additional academic support through the EduHub SmartStudy app. The app, which will be available in September, is equipped with practice tests and...
Despite advancements, feminist organisations in Latin America and the Caribbean say much remains to be done to ensure that women across the region have access to safe and legal abortions as outlined in the Montevideo Consensus. The consensus,...
Minister of Health Dr Christopher Tufton is urging pharmaceutical companies to expand their partnership with the Government to explore preventative healthcare measures. He was speaking at the National Health Fund (NHF) Pharmaceutical awards...
Fewer than half of the equipment in the country’s hospitals is fully functional, because of poor maintenance, which Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton admits affects the level of efficiency in the public health sector. He made the revelation...
Chevon Taylor was at his sixth-form orientation at Central High School last year, when the principal asked students with seven or more Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) passes to stand. To his surprise, he was one of only two male...
COMPLETING her Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in education psychology is the ultimate symbolism of perseverance, hard work and dedication that Dr Susan Rattray-Hammond displayed over the last seven years. An educator for more than 27 years, Rattray-...
A massive increase in child abuse cases reported last year has prompted calls for the doubling of efforts to prosecute persons who victimise children. According to the 2022 Economic and Social Survey of Jamaica (ESSJ) released by the Planning...
DR TANEISHA Ingleton, managing director of the HEART/NSTA Trust, said the entity is working to clear the backlog of certificates for people who have completed courses at the agency. Speaking at a post-Cabinet press briefing yesterday, Ingleton...
