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Career & Education
School blues 9:40 pm
Teachers who have returned to school for face-to-face classes voiced serious concerns ranging from a difficulty to get back on track, personal safety, students' work attitude, poor Internet connection, and inadequate resources, according to a survey commissioned by the...
Back together!
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These youngsters from Iona High School in St Mary were all smiles (behind masks) last week with the full reopening of schools across the island.(Photo: Garfield Robinson)
Invest in the creative industries!
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Opposition spokesman for finance Julian Robinson believes that the nation must take full advantage of the sectors in which Jamaicans have displayed prowess, competence and accomplishment in order to achieve real economic growth.
Partnerships needed
Sunday, March 13, 2022
THE Caribbean's recovery from the learning losses occasioned by the novel coronavirus pandemic will require collaboration both at both the policy and the community level.
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Public sector pay restructuring to cost over $100b
Sunday, March 13, 2022
It will cost the Government more than $100 billion to restructure the system of public sector compensation over the next three years.
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Value in micro-credentials
Sunday, March 13, 2022
Minister of Education and Youth Fayval Williams is endorsing the thrust of the University Council of Jamaica (UCJ) to develop a framework for the quality assurance of micro-credentials in promoting lifelong learning.
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The Lifespan career journey
Sunday, March 13, 2022
Nayana Williams, CEO of Lifespan Spring Water Company, can now add author to her list of accomplishments.
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Why most teachers who say they plan to leave the profession probably won't anytime soon
Sunday, March 13, 2022
Every year end school administrators ask teachers about their plans to return. They need to know how many teachers to begin recruiting for the next school year.
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Morocco sentences 45 teachers to jail over protests
Sunday, March 13, 2022
RABAT, Morocco (AFP) — Forty-five Moroccan teachers have been handed suspended prison sentences for attending unauthorised protests last year over a long-running contract dispute with the education ministry, their lawyer said Friday.
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UTech School of Pharmacy students receive tablets donated by the Kiwanis Club of Papine
Sunday, March 6, 2022
UNIVERSITY of Technology (UTech) Jamaica School of Pharmacy pupils Raphaella Sommerville, second-year Bachelor of Science in Pharmaceutical Technology student, and Rolaina McKnight, Bachelor of Pharmacy, College of Health Sciences third-year student, were the recipients of two digital...
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HUAWEI launches internship programme in Central America and the Caribbean
Sunday, March 6, 2022
GLOBAL technology company Huawei Technologies has opened calls for its annual internship programme which forms part of the ICT Talent Development Plan in the Central America and Caribbean region. This programme offers the opportunity for young students to apply their knowledge and skills...
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40,000 students re-engaged through find the child initiative
Sunday, March 6, 2022
APPROXIMATELY 40,000 students were re-engaged through the Ministry of Education and Youth Yard to Yard, Find the Child initiative.
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Participate Learning teacher recommends data-driven, small group, differentiated activities for Jamaican classrooms
Sunday, March 6, 2022
IMAGINE a classroom where students are doing a lesson on a topic previously taught to the entire class by the teacher and are now reinforcing that knowledge by working in groups on activities related to the topic, with each group working on a different activity tailored to their learning...
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Kiwanis Kids give thumbs up to New Fortress Energy
Sunday, March 6, 2022
NEW Fortress Energy partnered with the Kiwanis Club of Eastern St Andrew to donate tablets to students in rural S t Andrew in celebration of K-Kids Week February 21-25. K-Kids is an international student-led organisation providing members with opportunities to perform...
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You're on your way!
Sunday, March 6, 2022
Welcome! Join us as we dive into the dynamic and crucial, yet often misunderstood and barely tolerated world of human resources.THEY called.You got the interview. Congrats!
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Jamaican performs maintenance on helicopter aboard US Navy warship in Adriatic Sea
Sunday, March 6, 2022
Aviation Structural Mechanic 3rd Class Linton Lewis from St Elizabeth, Jamaica, assigned to the “Proud Warriors” of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 72, sands the engine exhaust fairing on an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter in the hangar bay of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier...
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Dr Carolyn Cooper reiterates call for bilingual education in schools
Sunday, March 6, 2022
WELL-KNOWN author, literary scholar and advocate of Jamaican culture, especially its language and musical expressions of reggae and dancehall, Dr Carolyn Cooper, has reiterated the call for bilingual education of English and Jamaican language in schools, while stamping her trademark wit...
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Jamaica's film commissioner elected to Association of Film Commissioners International Board
Sunday, February 27, 2022
JAMAICA'S Film Commissioner Renee Robinson has been elected to be a member of the Association of Film Commissioners International's (AFCI) board. The AFCI is a global non-profit organisation that represents national film commissions on six continents.
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