Linvern Wright News Today

In Haiti’s heart, a heavy sigh, Where gunshots pierce the morning sky. Innocent lives, a fleeting breath, Lost in a rainless storm bringing death. And even sadder, children stand, Books unopened, dreams in sand. Empty...

WESTERN BUREAU: Unlike some of their colleagues who have left their local teaching jobs to pursue more lucrative options in overseas classrooms, many teachers are targetting local politics, especially at the local government level, as an avenue to...

Students who show up at Jonathan Grant High School tomorrow carrying backpacks with the word ‘Dunce’ printed on them will be barred from classes, a defiant Principal Dr O’Neil Ankle has warned. “If a child shows up with it on Monday, he will have...

In August 2022, Jamaica’s Ministry of Education held a series of consultations focused on the dress and grooming of students in schools hoping to develop a policy that would balance the rights of students with school disciplinary rules and reduce discrimination in schools based on hairstyles and grooming practices.

MONTEGO BAY, St James — A high level of uncertainty looms over the education sector, president of the Jamaica Association of Principals of Secondary Schools (JAPSS) Linvern Wright has said. With ...

With preparation for the new academic year in high gear, stakeholders in the education sector are hoping that the Government will utilise the information at its disposal to improve the level of support to schools to carry out their mandate...

Western Bureau: After a protracted period of inactivity, the plan by the Housing Agency of Jamaica (HAJ) to construct 721 housing solutions on 148 acres of former sugar lands at Parnassus in Trelawny appears to be back on the radar. According to...

EDUCATION Minister Fayval Williams has moved to allay fears of a shortage of teachers in the classrooms come September the start of the new school year. Addressing a post-Cabinet media briefing a...

MONTEGO BAY, St James — There is more to come, those in the industry have said, but already 272 teaching positions have been advertised across 23 high schools in the print media alone, within the ...

PRESIDENT of the Jamaica Association of Principals and Vice-principals, Linvern Wright is suggesting greater reliance on pre-trained teachers to fill gaps in the educational sector during the annu...