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37587 Public Disclosure Authorized National and Regional Secondary Level Examinations and the Reform of Secondary Education (ROSE II)1 Public Disclosure Authorized Prepared for the Ministry of Education, Youth, and Culture Government of Jamaica January 2003 Public Disclosure Authorized Carol Anne Dwyer Abigail M. Harris and Loretta Anderson 1 This report is based on research conducted by Carol A. Dwyer and Loretta Anderson with funding from the Japan PHRD fund. It extends the earlier investigation to incorporate comments made at the presentation to stake- holders and additional data analyses and synthesis. The authors are grateful for the generous support of the Ministry Public Disclosure Authorized of Education, Youth, and Culture without whose contributions in time and effort this report would not have been possible. Acknowledgement is also given to W. Miles McPeek and Carol-Anne McPeek for their assistance in pre- paring the report. Findings and recommendations presented in this report are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Jamaican government or the World Bank. 2 A Study of Secondary Education in Jamaica Table of Contents List of Tables and Figures 3 Executive Summary 4 Recommendation 1 4 Recommendation 2 5 Introduction and Rationalization 8 Evaluation of the CXC and SSC examinations 10 CXC Examinations. 13 SSC Examinations. 13 CXC & SSC Design & Content Comparison. 13 Vocational and technical examinations. 15 JHSC Examinations. 15 Examinations and the Curriculum. 16 Junior High School and Upper Secondary Curricula. 18 The Impact Of Examinations On Students’ School Performance And Self- Perceptions. 19 Data on Student’s Non-Academic Traits. -
Community Report Trench Town June 2020
Conducting Baseline Studies for Seventeen Vulnerable and Volatile Communities in support of the Community Renewal Programme Financing Agreement No.: GA 43/JAM Community Report Trench Town June 2020 Submitted by: 4 Altamont Terrace, Suite #1’ Kingston 5, Jamaica W.I. Telephone, 876-616-8040, 876-929-5736, 876- 322- 3227, Email: [email protected] or [email protected] URL: www.Bracconsultants.com 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.0. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................... 2 1.1. Sample Size ...................................................................................................... 3 1.2. Demographic Profile of Household Respondents ................................................... 5 2.0. OVERVIEW ........................................................................................................... 6 2.1. Description of Community Boundaries ................................................................... 6 2.2. Estimated Population ............................................................................................ 7 2.3. Housing Characteristics ......................................................................................... 7 2.4. Development Priorities .......................................................................................... 8 3.0. PRESENTATION OF BASELINE DATA ............................................................... 10 3.1. GOVERNANCE ............................................................................................... -
Shearer: Man for the Masses
National Library of Jamaica P.SA Sunday Herald LABOUR September 28-0ctober 4, 2003 . I ,-\ Sk f� . � \ Shearer: an for the masses . e has been an integral part Bustamante founded the first trade union Hof the labour movement in in the Caribb�n, the BITU. Th union was Jamaica for decades, champi the organisation that gave birth to the movement whic� founded the Jamaica oning the cause of the down Labour Party (JLP). Throughout the past trodden workers in their cry for five decades the BITU has remained com justice, decent wages and work mitted to upholding the mandate upon ing conditions fit for human which it was formed - that is to facilitate beings. Yet, Hugh Shearer it a better standards of living and opportu seems, is a man who remains in nities for the people of Jamaica. Today the shadow. A formidable man, the BITU is recognised as the largest his role has constantly evolved labour union in the English-speaking through the years to meet the Caribbean. It continues to increase its ser vice to all sections of workers in Jamaica, needs of whatever position or defending their interests not only in challenge he assumes. But what improved wages, but also the welfare of do we know of him and where each worker. did his spirit of giving com mence? Distinguished career Born Hugh Lawson Shearer on May Hugh Lawson Shearer 18, 1923 in Martha Brae, Trelawny, he Shearer has had a distinguished career, role of Jamaica's chief spokesman on for grew up close to the sugar and banana particularly as a negotiator and was eign affairs as deputy chief of mission at areas of his parish, hence his love of the recognised as the JLP spokesman for the the United Nations. -
Donald Sangster Goes to Final Sleep
22-DAY COMATOSE I. INB'l'I'tU'i'E oF J'A.)U l!lJT INDIA REFEl�NCE LlBBf'/GHT FOR LIFE ENDS IN MONTREAL S ir Donald Sangster is dead. Jamaica's se cond Prime Minister, and its first elected since Indepe ndence, died at 12.45 ·p.m. yes terday in the Mont real Neurological In s t i tute, Canada, where his strong constitution had been fighting a lo�ing batt I e against brain haemorrhage since March 22. Death came to Donald Burns Sangster, the quiet, unassuming Jamaican who rose to the highest position in the land, just four days after he had been knighted by the Queen and less than two months after he finallv became Prime Minister of Jamaica in his own right. An. atiiRO'Uncement UJsued m .M.mtreal - and in Kutgston. - by the Gooemment of Jamaica told a waiting world tlw.t Sitr Donald had died. He did not awaken. from the coma into which he had le.p¥d o1\ Api't! 1. So came to an end the long and gallant struggle which Sir Donald had put • up for life, after being stricken at Newcastle, in the hills above Kingston, on March 18. Rushed to Canada two days later, he lay critically ill for 20 days, attended by a team of medical specialists. For 34 years, the 55-year-old bachelor lawyer served Jamaica. Twenty of thoseyears were served under the leaden.hip of Sir Alexander Bustamante, dominant figure on the Jamaican political scene since 1938. It was faithful, Joyal, uncomplaining service. -
Letter Post Compendium Jamaica
Letter Post Compendium Jamaica Currency : Dollar Jamaïquain Basic services Mail classification system (Conv., art. 17.4; Regs., art. 17-101) 1 Based on speed of treatment of items (Regs., art. 17-101.2: Yes 1.1 Priority and non-priority items may weigh up to 5 kilogrammes. Whether admitted or not: Yes 2 Based on contents of items: Yes 2.1 Letters and small packets weighing up to 5 kilogrammes (Regs., art. 17-103.2.1). Whether admitted or not Yes (dispatch and receipt): 2.2 Printed papers weighing up to 5 kilogrammes (Regs., art. 17-103.2.2). Whether admitted or not for Yes dispatch (obligatory for receipt): 3 Classification of post items to the letters according to their size (Conv., art. 17,art. 17-102.2) - Optional supplementary services 4 Insured items (Conv., art. 18.2.1; Regs., 18-001.1) 4.1 Whether admitted or not (dispatch and receipt): No 4.2 Whether admitted or not (receipt only): No 4.3 Declaration of value. Maximum sum 4.3.1 surface routes: SDR 4.3.2 air routes: SDR 4.3.3 Labels. CN 06 label or two labels (CN 04 and pink "Valeur déclarée" (insured) label) used: - 4.4 Offices participating in the service: - 4.5 Services used: 4.5.1 air services (IATA airline code): 4.5.2 sea services (names of shipping companies): 4.6 Office of exchange to which a duplicate CN 24 formal report must be sent (Regs., art.17-138.11): Office Name : Office Code : Address : Phone : Fax : E-mail 1 : E-mail 2: 5 Cash-on-delivery (COD) items (Conv., art. -
Demeaned but Empowered: the Social Power of the Urban Poor in Jamaica / Obika Gray
DemeanedEmpowered.qxd 4/15/2004 12:30 PM Page i Demeaned but Empowered This page intentionally left blank DemeanedEmpowered.qxd 4/15/2004 12:30 PM Page iii Demeaned but Empowered The Social Power of the Urban Poor in Jamaica Obika Gray University of the West Indies Press Jamaica Barbados Trinidad and Tobago DemeanedEmpowered.qxd 4/15/2004 12:30 PM Page iv University of the West Indies Press 1A Aqueduct Flats Mona Kingston 7 Jamaica www.uwipress.com ©2004 by The University of the West Indies Press All rights reserved. Published 2004 08 07 06 05 04 5 4 3 2 1 CATALOGUING IN PUBLICATION DATA Gray,Obika Demeaned but empowered: the social power of the urban poor in Jamaica / Obika Gray p. cm. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN: 976-640-153-5 1. Urban poor – Jamaica – Political activity.2. Urban poor – Jamaica – Social activity.3. Patronage, Political – Jamaica. 4. Community power – Jamaica. 5. Crime – Jamaica. I.Title. HV4063A5G72 2004 364.2'56'21 dc-21 Cover photo by Phillip Harris Book and cover design by Robert Harris. Set in Bembo 11/14 x 24 Printed in Canada. DemeanedEmpowered.qxd 4/15/2004 12:30 PM Page v To Osonye This page intentionally left blank DemeanedEmpowered.qxd 4/15/2004 12:30 PM Page vii Contents Acknowledgements / viii List of Abbreviations / xi 1 Rethinking Power: Political Clientelism and Political Subordination in Jamaica / 1 2 A Fateful Alliance / 23 3 Fulcrums of Power in the Ghetto / 53 4 Exilic Space, Moral Culture and Social Identity in the Ghetto / 91 5 Badness-Honour and the Invigorated Authority of the Urban -
Modes of Address in the Jamaican Order of Precedence
MODES OF ADDRESS IN THE JAMAICAN ORDER OF PRECEDENCE 1 CONTENTS The Head of State -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3-5 The Queen The Governor-General The Head of Government -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------6 The Prime Minister Ministers of Government -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------8-9 The Deputy Prime Minister Cabinet Ministers Ministers of State The Leader of the Opposition -------------------------------------------------------------------------------10 The Senate--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------11-12 The President of the Senate Members of the Senate Members of the House of Representatives ------------------------------------------------------------13-15 The Speaker of the House of Representatives Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives The Attorney General Former Governors-General --------------------------------------------------------------------------------16 Former Prime Ministers --------------------------------------------------------------------------------17-18 The Judiciary--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------19-21 The Chief Justice The President of the Court of Appeal Judges of the Court of Appeal, Supreme Court and Parish Courts Members of the Privy Council President of the Jamaica Council of Churches----------------------------------------------------------22 -
ZIP MAIL LOCATIONS Delivers at the Post ONLY
ZIP MAIL LOCATIONS Delivers at the Post ONLY Black River Collection and delivery Above Rocks delivery only Bridgeport Collection and delivery Alexandria delivery only Brown’s Town Collection and delivery Allman Town delivery only Buff Bay Collection and delivery Annotto Bay delivery only Chapelton Collection and delivery Bamboo delivery only Christiana Collection and delivery Bog Walk delivery only Constant Spring Collection and delivery Bull Bay delivery only Cross Roads Collection and delivery Claremont delivery only CSO Collection and delivery Denbigh delivery only Discovery Bay Collection and delivery Denham Town delivery only Duncans Collection and delivery Fairy Hill delivery only Ewarton Collection and delivery Four Paths delivery only Falmouth Collection and delivery Frome delivery only General Post Office Collection and delivery Golden Grove delivery only Greater Portmore Collection and delivery Gordon Town delivery only Gregory Park Collection and delivery Grange Hill delivery only Half Moon Collection and delivery Green Island delivery only Half-Way-Tree Collection and delivery Hagley Park delivery only Highgate Collection and delivery Harbour View delivery only Liguanea Collection and delivery Hayes delivery only Linstead Collection and delivery Jones Town delivery only Lucea Collection and delivery Junction delivery only Mandeville Collection and delivery Knockpatrick delivery only May Pen Collection and delivery Lawrence Tavern delivery only Meadowbridge Collection and delivery Lionel Town delivery only Mona Collection and -
Edward Seaga
COVER FEATURE WEST INDIAN MAN OF THE YEAR Edward SeO · g Man who - � Turned Jamaica Around A feature written specially for the Bajan on its choice of West Indian Man of the Year by Hubert Williams, Chief Editor of CANA, based on an interview with Jamaica's Prime Minister Mr. �Edward Seaga. Edward Seaga lea�es nothing to chance. Socialist Manley. And it is on the basis of his And as he moves to shape the destiny of efforts to arrest Jamaica's economic spin Jamaica, this disquietingly intense man and turn the country around that the Prime intends to apply to the challenges of govern- Minister has won, hands down, this ment the same cool. calculating deliberate- magazine's nomination as its West Indian ness that won him acknowledgement from "Man of the Year 1981". friend and foe alike as the finest ever The Jamaican leader's origins make a Jamaica's Prime Minister Edward Seaga. Finance Minister the island has ever had. fascinating mix. Born in the United States, '�ill a Policy of Head-Over-Heart Put the Economy Firmly Seaga believes that one sure way of nearly Caucasian, married to a Black avoiding dangerous political pitfalls as well ".Jamaican beauty (Miss Jamaica 1964), Back on Its Feet? as economic and social chaos, is never to crown prince of the proletariat's Tivoli allow the 'heart' to rule the 'head'. It is a Gardens in West Kingston and yet the hope Seaga has himself remarked on the differ tested formula for success at the personal of big business. -
A Titan Goes: Hugh Shearer Calls It a Day. by Grace Virtue. Sunday
A Titan goes: Hugh Shearer calls it a day by GRACE VIRTUE the headquarters of the Law of tight race, Mr. Shearer was cho Gleaner Staff Writer the Sea Authority. Though this sen by his party to succeed the is not yet finalised, it is a quest Prime Minister over Robert "I CANNOT allow the govern which could have considerable Lightbourne and Clem Tavares. ment to be bullied by any group impact on Jamaica in both do Mr. Shearer's success was the whether do-gooders, noise-mak mestic and foreign affairs. realization of a dream for Sir ers, ologists or gatherers," said Indeed Hugh Shearer can Alexander Bustamante who had Prime Minister of Jamaica Hugh claim glory, if he wishes, and not long identified him as his son Lawson Shearer in 1968. the hasty and empty type of and heir apparent. Rumours say Later that year, he told a which he warned youn::- Jamai that on one occassion Sir Alex group of dentists planning to cans to guard against. He has ander was upset with his Cabinet migrate that "glory achieved in spent nearly all of his 70 years in on the handling of a particular haste is an empty achievment." service to his country and in issue. The old man looked past "This is our country. Leaving pursuit of the great future which Donald Sangster, Robert Ligt it means you are depriving it of he envisioned for his island bourne and Tavares, all rivals to the talents and service needed home and the greater world succeed him, then at the young for its development and giving it community. -
Kingston and St. Andrew Water Supply Schedule
MAY 7, 2019 KINGSTON AND ST. ANDREW WATER SUPPLY SCHEDULE Water Supply Scheduled Times of Areas to be Supplied System Supply Havendale/Chancery 10:00 p.m. – 10:00 a.m. Havendale, Havenmead, Smokey Vale, Hydra Hall Daily Drive Relift, Ursa Major, Belgrade Heights, West Meade, Roehampton circle. Valve Operations 09:00 p.m. – 04:00 a.m. Cookhamdene, Tavistock, Millsborough Lower Jacks Hill Daily Valve Operations 04:00a.m – 09:00pm Barbican, Paddington Terrace and Dillsbury Lower Jacks Hill Daily Avenue Forest Hills 4:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Meadowbrook Estate, Perkins Boulevard, Daily Queensborough, Abberville Avenue, Duhaney 4:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. Drive, Patrick City. Daily Constant Spring 10:00 p.m. – 10:00 a.m. Constant Spring Gardens, Upper Manning’s Hill (Restrict at Grants Daily Road, Crane Ave, Upper section of Valentines Pen) Gardens, Upper section of Red Hills Road. White Hall Gardens, , Wayne Close, Beverly Dale, Whitehall, Merrivale, Calabar Mews and Roads Leading Off Constant Spring Monday, Wednesday, Grosvenor Heights, Mannings Hill Road and (Restrict at Manor Friday Roads Leading Off Park) (based on fluctuations in production) Constant Monday, Wednesday, Cassia Park, Moreton Park and Roads leading Spring/Molynes Friday Off Booster Constant Monday, Wednesday, Olympic Gardens, Seaward Drive, Waltham Spring/Mona Friday and Sundays Park, Bayfarm, Cockburn Gardens, Seivwright Gardens Constant Spring/ New connection supplied Penwood Avenue, Bayfarm Road, and Roads Boulevard daily Leading Off Constant Tuesday, Thursday, Molynes Road, Ziadie Gardens, State Gardens, Spring/Mona Saturdays Dunrobin Avenue, Dunrobin Court* (Trucking based on fluctuations in production) *2 1000 gallons tanks were delivered to Dunrobin Court to alleviate supply issues Constant Spring Alternate Days 6:00 am to Trench Town, Jones Town, Arnett Gardens Supply from 8:00 pm Montgomery Corner Tank Mona 04:00 a.m. -
1 NATIONAL MONUMENTS CLARENDON Buildings Of
NATIONAL MONUMENTS CLARENDON Buildings of Architectural and Historic Interest Halse Hall Great House (Declared 28/11/2002) Churches, Cemeteries, Tombs St. Peter’s Church, Alley (Declared 30/03/2000) Clock Towers May Pen Clock Tower (Declared 15/03/2001) Natural Sites Milk River Spa (Declared 13/09/1990) HANOVER Buildings of Architectural and Historic Interest Barbican Estate (Declared 16/12/1993) Tamarind Lodge (Declared 15/07/1993) Old Hanover Gaol/Old Police Barracks, Lucea (Declared 19/03/1992) Tryall Great House and Ruins of Sugar Works (Declared 13/09/1990) Forts and Naval and Military Monuments Fort Charlotte, Lucea (Declared 19/03/1992) Historic Sites Blenheim – Birthplace of National Hero – The Rt. Excellent Sir Alexander Bustamante (Declared 05/11/1992) KINGSTON Buildings of Architectural and Historic Interest 40 Harbour Street (Declared 10/12/1998) Headquarters House, Duke Street (Declared 07/01/2000) Kingston Railway Station, Barry Street (Declared 04/03/2003) The Admiralty Houses, Port Royal (Declared 05/11/1992) Churches, Cemeteries, Tombs Coke Methodist Church, East Parade (Declared 07/01/2000) East Queen Street Baptist Church, East Queen Street (Declared 29/10/2009) Holy Trinity Cathedral, North Street (Declared 07/01/2000) Kingston Parish Church, South Parade (Declared 04/03/2003) Wesley Methodist Church, Tower Street (Declared 10/12/1998) Old Jewish Cemetery, Hunts Bay (Declared 15/07/1993) 1 Forts and Naval and Military Monuments Fort Charles, Port Royal (Declared 31/12/1992) Historic Sites Liberty Hall, 76 King Street (Declared 05/11/1992) Public Buildings Ward Theatre, North Parade (Declared 07/01/2000) Statues and Other Memorials Bust of General Antonio Maceo, National Heroes Park (Declared 07/01/2000) Cenotaph, National Heroes Park (Declared 07/01/2000) Negro Aroused, Ocean Boulevard (Declared 13/04/1995) Monument to Rt.