The Bahama Journal – Jones Communications Network

The government will implement two new programmes at the start of the 2014/2015 school year that will seek to increase the number of Bahamian students who actually graduate high school. Minister of Education Jerome Fitzgerald announced on Wednesday that a student achievement officer programme and an evening institute will be launched. “Each senior high school […]

Department of Labour officials admitted yesterday that they are having challenges finding jobs for poor performing graduates. Ministry of Education officials recently released the results of the country’s national exams. The results were poor. According to officials, there are about 40,000 people unemployed in The Bahamas. But that’s not to say there aren’t any good […]

There is no calumny so sorry and so very wrong as those so-called ‘explanations’ that would have this society’s victims blame themselves or cruel fate for the ills and wrongs they experience day in and day out. Indeed, there are times in life when people who benefit directly from other people’s addictions; who make big […]

The government is looking to change this year’s school curriculum at the primary and high school levels in order to get better results in examinations and on report cards. According to Education Minister Jerome Fitzgerald, officials have found that many children cannot read at the third grade level. “The curriculum at grade one through three […]