Monthly Archives January 2014

Rev. Ronald G. Thwaites, Jamaica Minister of Education

It is very encouraging, satisfying, and refreshing to read in the Jamaica Gleaner about comments made by the Minister of Education and the President Jamaica Teachers Association (JTA) regarding under -utilized classroom school space, dwindling student population, teacher student ratio, and professionalism among Principals at Primary Schools respectively.

The matter of under-utilized classroom space at taxpayer’s expense and dwindling student population was listed among five (5) items that Beersheba Old Students Association (BOSA) discussed with the School Board at Beersheba Primary School (Government Leased) on December 4, 2013...

The Director General Jamaica Library Service has responded positively to the petition made by Beersheba Old Students Association (BOSA) for Internet Service to be provided at Lewisville Branch Library, New Market, Saint Elizabeth.

The Director General assured Beersheba Old Students Association (BOSA) in her response that Lewisville Branch Library will definitely be included among several Branch Libraries in rural Jamaica that will be provided with Internet Service in 2014 from a philanthropic grant of JMD 2 million that Bill and Millander Gates Foundation has made to Jamaica Library service.
The provision of long awaited Internet Service to Lewisville Branch Library is invaluable to High School students and adults in New Market and adjoining communities who are involved in school and rese...

  “Only The Best Is Good Enough”

Volume 16 January 2014

Produced by:    Beersheba Old Students Association (BOSA)
Beersheba Primary School (Government Leased)
New Market P.O., Saint Elizabeth
Jamaica, West Indies
E-mail: beershebaoldstudentsassn@gmail.com

Officers:     Glenis Daley, President
Victor Smith, Vice President
Vincent Samuels, Secretary/Treasurer, Newsletter Editor/Producer
Ann Hamilton, Assistant Secretary

HOLIDAY GREETINGS
It is the sincere wish of Beersheba Old Students Association (BOSA) that all Beersheba Primary School Alumni, Honorary BOSA Members, Friends, Well-wishers, and other readers of its newsletter in Jamaica and the Diaspora that you will all have a Blessed, Peaceful, and Spirit-filled Christmas and a Happy, Prosperous, and Productive New Year.

REFL...

The sacking of the Chairman School Board at Dunrobin Primary School by the Ministry of Education is commendable and sends a strong signal of zero tolerance to other School Boards that continue to defy the Ministry’s legitimate directive.

Chairmen of School Boards need to understand that they are not intended to be entities that rule by oligarchy, but they are responsible, accountable, and report to the Minister of Education by whom they are appointed.

For far too long, certain Chairmen of School Boards – including the Chairman School Board at Beersheba Primary School (Government Leased), New Market, Saint Elizabeth – have repeatedly defied and refused to carry out legitimate directive that the Ministry of Education has given to them...