Guided by a strict and attentive mother, veteran Educator, Beverly Rose, always felt she knew both her life’s destiny and chosen calling. Ms. Rose, a 66-year-old retired school principal and recipient of the Prime Minister’s Medal of Appreciation for Service to Education, tells JIS News that her love for students and passion for teaching took her straight inside the walls...

Guided by a strict and attentive mother, veteran Educator, Beverly Rose, always felt she knew both her life’s destiny and chosen calling. Ms. Rose, a 66-year-old retired school principal and recipient of the Prime Minister’s Medal of Appreciation for Service to Education, tells JIS News that her love for students and passion for teaching took her straight inside the walls...

A good educator is one who seeks to improve the lives of future generations through deliberate actions in their daily work. This can be said of nation-builder and 2022 Prime Minister’s Medal of Appreciation for Service to Education awardee, Raymon Treasure, who was among 80 recipients honoured in September.   The decorated Principal of York Castle High School in St....

Nothing could stop former St. James High School student Abigayle McGrowder from acing her external examinations this year. Not even the financial constraints that made it difficult for her parents to afford to purchase a new pair of shoes for her to wear to school. With her mother laid off because of the COVID-19 pandemic and her stepfather’s salary slashed,...

Sixty-seven-year-old Devon Vassel fell in love with the teaching profession at the age of 17, while working as a pretrained teacher at the Bull Savannah All-Age School in St. Elizabeth, on leaving high school in 1972. “As my life went on teaching at Bull Savannah, I just fell in love with teaching, and I saw where students were gravitating towards...

Determination, proper time management, organisation and motivation were the cornerstones on which Joshell Allen of New Market in St. Elizabeth achieved major successes in her secondary-level external examinations. The 19-year-old graduate of Hampton School in Malvern, St. Elizabeth, gained a combined 10 subjects in the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations in 2019 and 2020, while in Grades 10 and...

Retired educator, Carmen Louise Samuels, believes that faithful classroom teachers in Jamaica are capable of influencing the country’s children for good. Miss Samuels was among 80 educators who were awarded with the Prime Minister’s Medal of Appreciation for the 2021 and 2022 cohorts, at a ceremony held at Jamaica House on September 8. “Teachers can make the difference that Jamaica...

Teacher/Facilitator at the Human Employment and Resource Training/National Service Training Agency (HEART/NSTA) Trust, Jasper Brown, has received the Prime Minister's Medal of Appreciation for Service to Education (PMMA), acknowledging his 47 years in the teaching profession. “The Prime Minister's Medal of Appreciation Award really means a lot to me. It goes to show that even on a national level, your...

With her stellar record of service, it was no surprise when Regional Director for the Ministry of Education and Youth’s Region Four, Dr. Michelle Pinnock, was announced as a recipient of the Prime Minister’s Medal of Appreciation for Service to Education. Dr. Pinnock was among approximately 80 educators who were awarded by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, during...