Jamaica All Island Secondary School Rankings

[TDowl]

http://jablogz.com/2014/06/jamaicas-...rankings-2014/

[Hortical]

Tivoli, Denham Town, Trench Town.....say what??

[Historian]

Even Worse....

Tivoli, Denham Town, Trench Town.....say what??

Even worse, a look at the results shows that more than 50 percent of the schools performed very, very poorly!

[Mosiah]

34% of the schools got less than 10% passing 5 subjects!!

Those are some serious numbers!

[Historian]

Yes, They Are!!!

34% of the schools got less than 10% passing 5 subjects!!

Those are some serious numbers!

It is truly worrisome!

Those rankings, of course, are based on the 2013 CSEC results. I anxiously await a ranking based on the recent 2014 results.

[Jawge]

Karl notice that the school for girls is doing way better than those for boys. Could it be that the girls don't have to contend with sports (such as Dcup & Man.cup) hence they are able to focus on academics. It's no secret that schools "buy" players to win soccer games. These individuals aren't prepared most of the times for academic work; therefore they become disruptive in the classsroom. I could go on to bet that a number of these players that are being brought into the schools to play soccer need special education.

Last note: Studies have shown that boys are more emotionally fragile than girls. Now given the enironment in Ja (gangs, peer and social pressure, bullying et al) mixed with the fact that your school is aping a sports academy, the results aren't surprising at all.

[Islandman]

When the so-called traditional high schools are isolated, I think you are right about the trend in the under performance of the boys schools.

However as we go down the list we can see that the worst of the worst are mostly co-ed schools in the inner city or poor rural communities so our greater problem I believe, is raising their level.

[Jawge]

Raising the level in the inner city will be harder than rasing it in say the hills of St.James, Westmoreland, Hanover et al

[Jawge]

Let me also add that Campion which is the top performing coed sch. doesn't compete strongly in the school boy soccer competition. Is there some corelation? (I'm basing this argument strictly on the numbers). It seems they are doing what they are supposed to do (academics).

The interesting argument about the No.1 school with 100% is that how many were not allowed to sit the exam and if so why? If all students that applied to sit were allowed and they pass then that school should be modled across the island.

[Islandman]

That is probably true, but the consequences of leaving young, unskilled men with no hope in life to waste away in the inner city is always severe.

[Don1]

. It seems they are doing what they are supposed to doIf all students that applied to sit were allowed and they pass then that school should be modled across the island.

This only makes sense if the socioeconomic profile of that model school's population is itself modeled islandwide

Around 75% of school outcomes in Jamaica is determined by intake quality

[Muadib]

Campion competes strongly right up to 5th Form... academics 'take priority' for 6th Form.. we don't have sports scholarships to our 6th form.. either you have the A's or you go elsewhere for further studies..

Interestingly we maintain the high standard for Cricket at the Under 19 level..that should be analyzed..

[Jawge]

Is that what I said? You edited my post to your twisted understanding the post as if I said that. Your argument is still flawed. If you are saying Campion took the best of the island then what does that say for Mt.Alvernia and Westwood?

These schools are akin to specialized schools in NYC; therefore based on their strong academic program not all students are prepared and ready to enter. At the same time this does not mean that these same students that didn't achieve the grades to enter will not surpass some of the students of these schools later. What Ja must cease from doing is to let the students that didn't enter these schools feel as if their lives are lost. Not all parents can afford to pay for the extra lessons in order to get their kids prepared for these schools. Therefore these kids may need remedial work or a different learning environment.These kids may well be the creative geniuses that saw through the exams as memory drills thus they get bored and turned off. Consequently Ja may well be throwing away the best civil engineers, physicists, mathematicicans, economists, historians et al (all who could realy pull the economy out of a rut) The "top schools" may well be preserving the professors and teachers.

Boss if you can't handle street brawls , how the hell you plan to enter Shaolin and challenge the grand master? Know thy self

[Jawge]

Is Campion bringing in students just to play Manning cup?

[Muadib]

Where would such players come from.. they would need all A's to get into 6th Form from another institution to showcase their Manning cup skills..

Would be easier for them to you try and recruit Unicorns..