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Franklin Burrell had no plans to become a teacher. After graduating from the University of Technology, Jamaica with a degree in chemistry, he went straight into the chemical technology industry. But while in the field, he was asked by his manager...
Franklin Burrell, department head and master teacher of chemistry at St Andrew High School for Girls is the LASCO/Ministry of Education and Youth/ Jamaica Teaching Council Teacher of the Year. Burrell, who has been an educator for 25 years, was...
In a celebration of educational excellence, the LASCO Chin Foundation, in collaboration with the Ministry of Education and Youth (MoEY) and the Jamaica Teaching Council (JTC), is set to honour nine outstanding educators at the LASCO/MoEY/JTC 2023...
File photo of Acting Chief education officer Dr Kasan Troupe (left) and author Alvin Day. Author and motivational speaker Alvin Day, in a show of gratitude to the hardworking Jamaican teachers who helped him to escape poverty, has gifted all educators employed in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information (MoEYI) with his transformational book “If Caterpillars Can Fly - So Can I”. Day made the presentation to the approximately 26,000 public school teachers on Read Across Jamaica Day recently. The donation is valued at approximately US$129,000.00. “The reason I was able to make it...