LETTER OF THE DAY - What is 'misbehaviour'?
The Editor, Sir: Misbehaviour is a term more often applied to children and pets than adults. Therefore, when the Prime Minister dismisses the Public Service Commission (PSC) for misbehaviour, we need to ask the question, "What is misbehaviour?"
Dealing with problem students
The Editor, Sir: Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) seem to be a problem for educators and students in Jamaica. If that's the case I would like to know what the Ministry of Education is doing with students diagnosed....
Disgraceful editorial
The Editor, Sir: Your editorial of Monday, December 17, was disgraceful in a number of ways. Your insensitivity and ignorance is evident in your disregard for the lives of the ordinary Zimbabweans. If Mugabe has committed any crime it is allowing Ian Smith to still be living...
School discipline
The Editor, Sir: Historically a strong-handed, often cruel form of discipline was the standard for Jamaica, yet as the numbers of schools and students grew, organised efforts to replace that strength were not sufficient, nor effective enough to succeed ...
Stop pretending education is OK
THE EDITOR, Sir;The latest Caribbean Secondary Examination Certificate (CSEC) results remind us that the majority of our students are failing both mathematics and English. We are tempted to believe that with a little more resources, the students' performance will improve.
Blatant political interference
The Editor, Sir: It seems to me that the framers of our Constitution, in their wisdom, recognised that aspects of our governance needed to be insulated as much as possible from political interference, and hence the establishing of independent service commissions to administer....
Remove political posters
The Editor, Sir: I welcome the call by the new mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Charles Sinclair Jr., for the removal of all political advertisements from the public spaces in the parish of St. James. This is a move that ought to be embraced by all the other parish councils....
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