Historian Wants Subject To Be Compulsory In Schools
As Jamaica marks 182 years since Emancipation on August 1, Social Historian and Director of the Centre for Reparation Research at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, Professor Verene Shepherd, is calling for the teaching of history to be made compulsory at all levels of the education system. “We must teach the children the truth and to balance...