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Jamaican Education Solutions - Morals or Realism?
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Why are we all so appalled when we hear stories of sex and violence at school .. I have completed high school a long time and its nothing new to me. Ever since 97 it was happening at my school- there was sex in the bushes, classroom, buses, teachers dorms, play field and even in the tree.

So let’s really remove ourselves from this static position we are in when we hear of these things and face the harsh reality we must now live with. Thats why first world countries will forever be progressive … they face the harsh realities of time and they just roll with it… instead we talk about the stupid ‘good ole days’ when a parent from up the road could beat your child and he/she dare not tell you in the evening if he/she hopes to be spared from a second round!

How ridiculous! And let’s realise that we cant go back there … So time to move on into 2008.

Our problems at school and home are a multiplicity of factors and none of it will ever be dealt with if we continue to hide the truth from ourselves, fail to listen to those affected, continue take this top notch approach to band aid everything … and - i wont continue to list all we have been doing wrong …

But seriously, school or rather education seems to be the hot topic for 2008 … textbooks removed a second time … condoms in school, school sex tapes, corporal punishment banned in schools at all levels, teachers and principals to get police training … lol (laugh out loud) - wow seems making high school tuition free was a good move! We have all taken special interest in it, put the minister under pressure (bwoy Maxine you must be happy) . . . I dont think I would want to be his assistant.

What’s next on the list of things to do for schools?

hmmm .. let’s see .. how about:
1) proper human resource strategies to motivate teachers (esp. the ones who just in the job to get a salary)
2) remove suspension and expulsion
3) remove teachers who continue year on year off to have even 50% passes
4) change the old guidance counselors - who are guiding us on the sole basis of morals
5) allow all students take every subject at high school - its not the teachers decision to decide who is ready for cxc (at least thats our excuse) - stop protecting school image
6) introduce alternative learning in schools - skills, dj, music mixing, graphic design, cosmetology, etc
7) compulsory after school hours for studying
8) performing arts programme in all schools
9) pump money into schools sports programmes

Now thats something worthwhile doing!

March 16, 2008 | 11:23 PM Comments  1 comments

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Kishka Keisha
July 28, 2008 | 5:01 PM
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the trend is seems in education is to make alot of noise about what is and what is not being done in the system. We hear year in and year out the statistics; how many students fail, how many students cant read at grade level, how many students fail at arithmetic. Then we turn around and do nothing about it. Now the focus is on violence in schools. Can't we as a nation see that violence does not lead to the level of illiteracy we face but that it is illiteracy that leads to violence, that the money should not be spent on teaching teachers to be police officers but instead on resources, as you have stated. We need to stop trying to fix things after they have gone too badly wrong and focus on prevention.
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