'GSAT unfair!' - Non-traditional high schools feel cheated; most students can barely read or write
EDUCATORS AT non-traditional high schools across the island are facing an uphill battle because of the poor quality of students awarded places at their schools. They argue that the method used to place students who sit the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) is putting them under tremendous strain.

$20B bill to repair island's roads
Transport and Works Minister Mike Henry responds to questions from readers about the use of the recently increased gas tax.

Elderly couple swindled
CALIFORNIA RESIDENT Krista Eigenhuis is hoping that the recently launched Jamaican Operations Linked to Telemarketing Task Force (JOLT) will catch the persons who have been swindling her father and his wife out of their hard-earned nest egg.

To Dad ... with love
EVERY NEGATIVE thought swamped his mind as he awaited the results of an x-ray. All the responsibilities, all the payments to be made, how the girls would go to school, the thought of being unable to provide for his three daughters, was a far greater concern it seemed, than the ugly, old, carving knife that had just pierced the palm of his hand.

Positives of being a 'part-time' dad
WHILE THE socially accepted norm in Jamaica is the two-parent household, fathers engaged in visiting relationships do enjoy a high level of "emotional engagement" with their children, according to a local study.

Used-car deal? Samuda says firing the Trade Board directors, trade administrator was his only option
OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS obtained under the Access to Information Act have revealed that the directors of the Trade Board and the trade administrator were sacked because they approved the importation of hundreds of overage vehicles.

Give me a break! Rhodes Hall High School principal accuses education ministry of giving her a basket to carry water.
TEACHERS AT at Rhodes Hall High School in Hanover will have a major task come September when they are faced with 189 new seventh-grade students who all performed below the regional and national averages in this year's Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT).

You are right, Mr Minister
At least one school administrator has agreed with Minister of Education Andrew Holness that principals should be held responsible for the performance of their students.

Principal lashes education ministry - GSAT underachievers dumped at non-traditional high schools
YET ANOTHER secondary school principal has lashed out at the education ministry over its placement of students following the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT).

Challenged, but undaunted - Godfrey Stewart High working to create winners
THE ADMINISTRATION of the Godfrey Stewart High School in Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland, is challenged, but undaunted by the quality of the students the school will take in come September.

Wehby urges Jamaicans to return to good values
MINISTER WITHOUT portfolio in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Senator Don Wehby, has urged Jamaicans to return to a society of good values and positive attitudes.