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p>As Jamaica's unemployment rate continues its upward trend, the island's young job seekers appear to be bearing the brunt of dwindling vacancies in the marketplace. According to STATIN, the youth unemployment rate currently stands at a staggering 32.2 per cent, which is almost three times the national average of 12.8 per cent.
Chad Bryan, Youthlink Writer
Last year, the Ministry of Education revealed daunting statistics related to the quality of mathematics teaching within the public-education system. This was done on the heels of the poor performance by students who had sat the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) mathematics examination.
Chad Bryan, Youthlink Writer
For the second staging of the I3 competition, the Business Lab, which is the organiser of the event, has turned to the Scientific Research Council (SRC) for partnership and the expansion of the competition. The competition will not only include third- and fourth-form secondary students, as with the previous staging, but will now include tertiary students.
Recently, the launch of the competition was...
Chad Bryan, Youthlink Writer
Founded in 1931, Excelsior High School was the brainchild of the visionary A.W. Powell, who had strongly believed that age, poverty, social class and skin colour should never be obstacles preventing individuals from securing a formal education. As such, the school, located on Hanover Street, came into being.
