Ceremony for the presentation of the JTA's Golden Torch Award for service to education. Held on July 4, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. at The Jamaica Pegasus Hotel.
FRIDAY, JUNE 13, 2025: Candidates vying for the post of president-elect of the Jamaica Teachers’ Association debate their ideas, plans and proposals. The contenders are: La Sonja Harrison, principal, St Faiths Primary School, St Catherine; Jermaine Williams, senior teacher, Manning’s School, Westmoreland; and, Dr Maureen Mullings-Nelson, practicum placement officer at The Mico University College.
ThThe Jamaica Teacher’s Association, JTA, is doubling down on its criticism of the Jamaica Teaching Council, JTC, Bill. President Dr. Mark Smith was speaking on Thursday at the JTA’s Helen Stills Professional Development Day 2025, under the theme ‘Wellness 360’. The JTA president has criticised the bill as a betrayal to educators in its current form. Dr. Smith has said that the proposed legislation is heavy-handed, prioritises punitive measures over professional empowerment and places too much regulatory power into the hands of external authorities.e Jamaica Teacher’s Association, JTA, is doubling down on its criticism of the Jamaica Teaching Council, JTC, Bill. President Dr. Mark Smith was speaking on Thursday at the JTA’s Helen Stills Professional Development Day 2025, under the theme ‘Wellness 360’. The JTA president has criticised the bill as a betrayal to educators in its current form. Dr. Smith has said that the proposed legislation is heavy-handed, prioritises punitive measures over professional empowerment and places too much regulatory power into the hands of external authorities.
