Holness pushes for more competent principals
REPRESENTATIVES of the island's principal associations have renewed their call for minimum standards to be applied in the education system before the ministry goes ahead with plans to address leadership issues in schools...

Cornwall College, Immaculate nab top Earth Day competition prizes
As the Institute of Jamaica hosted its prize-giving ceremony for the 'Earth Day essay, poster and photography competition 2009', the engagement of the students with the issues of climate change was clear to see. Eighteen schools, grades 7-11, took part in the tenth staging...

KC old boys give back to teachers
Teachers at Kingston College on Monday received a well deserved early Teachers' Day gift when they were presented with a cheque valued at $300,000 from the school's Old Boys' Association.The amount will go towards the postgraduate education of three...

Prefects association to help with school safety
The Ministry of Education is endorsing a move by prefects to strengthen student leadership in schools through the creation of the Jamaica Prefects Association.The association is to be launched on Saturday at Jamaica College, St Andrew....

US tightens rules for nationals re-entering from the Caribbean
WASHINGTON, (CMC): The United States' Department of Homeland Security says it is tightening the rules for citizens re-entering the country from the Caribbean, Mexico or Canada.It said, effective June 1, it would implement the full requirements...

Fight to flight - How one man fulfils his childhood dream of becoming a pilot
WHEN HE was just five years old, Olumide Ayoola set foot on a plane for the very first time - and was hooked.It took 42-year-old Olumide another 25 years of determination to finally become a commercial airline pilot for KLM UK...