The Intersection of Gender, Culture and Education: Jamaica: The Next 50 Years!

“The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.” Aristotle. The hustle and bustle associated with a new academic year is here. However, to a great extent the 2015/2016 academic year will commence similar to previous years beset by a myriad of fixable problems. It bears thought that, as a society we have become satisfied with mediocrity as this is evident with our continuation in celebrating pockets of excellence scattered across all fourteen parishes, three counties and six regions of Jamaica’s education system.   Disturbingly, there has been a gradual decrease in our pockets of excellence. This is unacceptable and clearly indicates that we need to become proactive in order to improve Jamaica’s education system. The gravity of Jamaica’s education system is documented in the 2014 National Education Inspectorate (NEI) report which stated that more than sixty per cent (60%) of the country’s primary and secondary schools are failing in their education delivery to the nation’s

Customer service is an extremely important part of maintaining on-going client relationships. It is critical to foster and maintain a healthy client relationship in order to grow one's revenue.  For the most part the Jamaican society has seen a gradually improvement in customer service. However, as consumers we must and should demand more from our service providers in exchange for spending our hard earned cash at their place of business. We tend to forget that the time we wait to be served is also apart of customer service. We should be reminded that as consumers we also determine the quality of consumer service we receive. Too often we do not register our dissatisfaction with poor customer service. We need to register our disgust by boycotting those business establishment which offer customer service. A significant number of our doctors are guilty of this. In too many instances multiple patients are given almost identical appointment times. This practice leads to the frustration o

For while we were still helpless, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person someone might possibly dare to die.   But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Romans chapter 5 verses 6-8