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Correction re Grade Four Exam data

Published:Thursday | May 4, 2017 | 12:00 AMColin Steer

THE EDITOR, Sir:In your editorial of 4th instant titled 'The Budget, grade four test and university bailout', you referred to the results representing a four percentage-point decline from 2016. This is inaccurate.The results published in print media...

Colin Steer | That Tivoli shock-and-awe report

Published:Thursday | June 30, 2016 | 12:00 AMColin Steer

It’s been nearly two weeks since the Sir David Simmons-led commission of enquiry delivered its report into the events of May 2010 in and around Tivoli Gardens, west Kingston, associated with the attempt by security forces to capture...

Another GSAT sleight of hand

Published:Tuesday | June 9, 2015 | 12:00 AMColin Steer, Contributor

Some things in the published comments attributed to Education Minister Ronald Thwaites up to Tuesday, June 9, regarding plans to amend how and where students are placed based on this year's Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT), are not adding up.The...

Rev Earl Thames’ strange account

Published:Sunday | January 18, 2015 | 12:00 AMColin Steer

THE EDITOR, Sir:

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