THIS DAY IN OUR PAST

The following events took place on May 12 in the years identified:

1975: Minister of Finance David Coore announces the issue of a new loan which will be available on the local market for public subscription on Monday, May 12. The new issue will be for an unlimited amount of 10 1/2% Local Registered Stock 1996 and is being raised under the authority of Act 39 of 1964 as amended by Act 1970 and under the provisions of the Local Registered Stock Law Cap 229. The stock will be issued at a price of 95.95% with a current yield of 10.94% and a gross redemption yield of approximately 11.00% per annum. Prospectuses and application forms for the new issue may be obtained from commercial banks, stockbrokers, the Office of the Accountant General and the Bank of Jamaica.

1988: Henry Lowe, executive director of the Science, Technology and Research Department of the Ministry of Agriculture, wants the Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) to develop a syllabus dealing exclusively with the environment. “There is an urgent need for a well-planned and executed education and training programme in the region,” he says. The objective of environmental education, says Lowe, is to make individuals and communities understand the complex nature of the natural and built environment. He urges the CXC “to begin as a matter of urgency, not only to support technical and vocational environmental education, but to develop a syllabus dealing with the environment at both the ordinary and advanced levels for high and technical schools”. Lowe is delivering the keynote address at the opening of an eight-day subregional training seminar on the incorporation of environmental education into industrial education for the Caribbean. It is taking place at the College of Arts. Science and Technology, Old Hope Road, Kingston.