While speaking during a Gleaner Editors' Forum at the newspaper's North Street, central Kingston office January 29, 2013, at which the Caribbean Policy Research Institute’s recent findings on Education in Jamaica' were examined; Mr. Everton Hannam president of the National Parent-Teacher Association pointed out that nothing new has been found from the study, which had highlighted nine critical dimensions of education in Jamaica. He however, commended the study. Mr. Hannam was resolute in pointing out that parents must see them self as important players in educating their children and should be held accountable for the short comings of their children participation in the learning process. He however stresses that parent can’t be held to books unless there are explicit goals for them to accomplish and there is failure on their part in accomplishing those goals. He further goes on to say that all players in the education system have a part to play in ensuring that students learn, by setting general and specific goals to be accomplished over a period of time with revision sporadically. He specified also that parents should also assist children in choosing career paths, with less focus on the traditional areas.
The author’s main point is their needs to be collaboration among the stakeholders in the Jamaica society to ensure that students learn.
The author purpose is the highlight the views of the president on the study that was conducted
The intended audience is stakeholders in the Jamaican society who directly and indirectly involved in the Jamaica’s education system.
Evaluation
The article is educative and formal. The tone of author is objective and grabs the reader’s attention. It is also short and to the point. The thesis statement is straight forward and jumps out at initializing reading which gives the audience an idea of what the rest of the article will be about. The topic sentences are identifiable for each paragraph to prevent