What was supposed to be a quick chat with the chairman of her school's board of directors quickly turned into a half-a-million-dollar surprise for Dr Marsha Smalling, principal of Glenmuir High Sc.
“A career in software development has always been a lifelong dream for me,” said 27-year-old Matthew Layne, one of eight graduates from the Amber HEART Academy, who landed a job at the National Commercial Bank Jamaica Limited (NCB).&nbs
My phone rang. It was author Veronica Blake Carnegie sharing her distress that so many Jamaicans are illiterate. “We need to start a refresher school for the ‘three Rs’ for Jamaicans 15 to 50,” sh.
THE NCB Foundation will again provide $100m in scholarships and grants to students pursuing digital subjects.
Digital subjects at the tertiary level include computer science, data/actuarial scien.
Emotions ran high at Bridgeport Primary School as Nadeen Matthews Blair, CEO of the N.C.B Foundation, surprised students at her alma mater with devices valued at over $250,000.
As part of her Director’s Pick for the NCB Grant-a-Wish Programme,