Where did your school rank? Must

[Lazie]

say big up to the ladies of St. Hildas and Westwood.

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

[Karl]

Not that question, Lazie. ...but this: Do the results show failure? ...hey! ...41 out of 161 schools failed to hit the mark

[Mosiah]

"School of choice" - Woooiee! Mi belly!

[Islandman]

The result show shocking failure. The bottom 100 schools are in bad shape, the bottom 50 schools are mostly passing time.

[Willi]

Yuh wikked!!!

The real story is the laggard nature of the boys schools!

Is a good thing Jawges and Manroe gone co-ed! :-)

I dont see why 100% of the schools could not be over 80%. Cornah dark.

[Mosiah]

The real story for me is the sorry state of most of our schools, coed or not.

But we run fast!

[Mosiah]

The result show shocking failure. The bottom 100 schools are in bad shape, the bottom 50 schools are mostly passing time.

What yuh talking about? Charlie Smith reach Manning Cup final. Does that look like "passing time"?

[Peter R]

Failure big time!! and, 120 of 161 failed to hit the mark!!! (of 50% I assume you mean)... and as Willi says, the target should be 80%, not 50%! Why is passing five subjects not an attainable goal for so many?? The Ministry needs to do more in terms of investigating this and putting strategies in place to up the level.

[HL]

Failure big time!! and, 120 of 161 failed to hit the mark!!! (of 50% I assume you mean)... and as Willi says, the target should be 80%, not 50%! Why is passing five subjects not an attainable goal for so many?? The Ministry needs to do more in terms of investigating this and putting strategies in place to up the level.

An examination of the TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS would be fair starting point.

I [generously] place my break-point at 60%.

[Rockman]

Too many failing for that to be the problem.
I think it is a question of misplaced priorities,our politicians would be more uselful being teachers, clearly they are good at indoctrination ,TG,Charlie Smith AND St Catherine High will benefit immensely.

[Peter R]

HL, That's a low target, given that they're only counting "passes"; To achieve a minimum passing grade in CXC (O'level), is already setting the bar very low... what if that statistic were to measure the percentage of students passing five with a grade 3 or higher??

[Rockman]

The Elephant in the room,Mr President.
Merging two failing school results in one failing school,besides what about the benefits from having a classroom with fewer students?

[Karl]

An examination of the TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS would be fair starting point.

On point!

Aside: Will we have Bricktop, Gamma and all those who claim that failure (as in area of football) in each of the 5 subject area is of self extra-curricula discipline and not each requiring improved delivery of service?

[Karl]

HL, That's a low target, given that they're only counting "passes"; To achieve a minimum passing grade in CXC (O'level), is already setting the bar very low... what if that statistic were to measure the percentage of students passing five with a grade 3 or higher??

On point!
80% is the bar stuck in my brain!
TALENT ABOUNDS...save, it appears, in area of leaders - principals and teachers

[Jangle]

Deja Vu. Didn't we debate this same ranking to death last year? These are figures based on 2013 results.