The road to emancipation was not a smooth one, and the battle for the rights of slaves was being fought in England as well as in all the countries of the Caribbean which were colonies of Britain at the time. The main driving forces for emancipation were: the difficulty in suppressing slave revolts as well…...
2013 GSAT School Ranking
2013 GSAT School Ranking
Preps On top – Survey says private schools best at GSAT; primaries lagging behind
IF A child was born in rural Jamaica and attends a public school, he or she is more likely to be performing below average on the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) than a child living in urban centres and attending private school. This is the harsh reality a Gleaner-commissioned study compiled by Johnson Survey Research…
Proper Nouns Quiz–February 10, 2014
Choose the proper noun in the sentences below: 1. Let’s have lunch at McDonald’s. 2. There are 12 months in a year. 3. My favourite movie if Greece. 4. Lisa works as a programmer at Misrosoft. 5. I live in a small town in England. 6. My cousin lives in the USA 7. I want…...
Morant Bay Rebellion
The Morant Bay Rebellion took place on October 11, 1865. After emancipation in 1838, the government had denied the ex-slaves their basic rights which would have provided them with the means of a viable livelihood. This gave way to frustration among the ex slaves and paved the way for rebellion. In 1865, the year of…...
Calculating mean from a stem-and-leaf plots – 10 Questions
Mean Find the mean for each set of data. 1. Stem Leaves 4 2 4 7 4 6 5 9 5 2 6 7 3 8 8 2. Stem Leaves 1 1 2 4 3 0 4 5 1 3. Stem Leaves 57 9 9 1 0 58 8 7 1 8 6 59 2 2 4. Stem Leaves 15 7 0 4 7 7 8 5 16 17 1 6 18 0 8 9 5. Stem Leaves…...


