![New President Inaugurated [22Aug2018]](https://jta.org.jm/sites/default/files/styles/billboard/public/banner/NSP_8641-ed.png?itok=-hAtPntP "Outgoing JTA President, Mrs Georgia Waugh Richards, presents the Gavel and mallet to the Incoming President, Dr. Garth Anderson after he was installed as President,(2018-2019)")
![New President Inaugurated -2 [22Aug2018]](https://jta.org.jm/sites/default/files/styles/billboard/public/banner/NSP_8642.png?itok=NKA_4qhd "Much to his joy, Dr. Garth positions himself to allow the Immediate Past President, Mrs Georgia Waugh Richards to place the badge of Presidential authority around his neck.")
![New President Inaugurated -3 [22Aug2018]](https://jta.org.jm/sites/default/files/styles/billboard/public/banner/NSP_8650-ed.png?itok=MlLhG-Nr "Both the Immediate past President Mrs Georgia Waugh Richards and the New President, Dr. Garth Anderson, participates in the symbolical lighting of the candle. Occasion was the official opening and Investiture of the new President at the 54th Annual Conference at the Hilton Montego bay on August 20.")
The Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA) has said that it will not dictate to schools on what their respective dress codes should be.
President-elect of the Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA), Owen Speid, has scoffed at claims that the tough-talking union with its approximately 25,000 members is keeping non-performing teachers in Jamaica's schools by providing a shield for them
September 19, 2018
The Jamaica Teachers’ Association takes note of recent utterances by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information regarding booklists relating to the Primary Exit Profile( PEP).
As government, schools and the Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA) bemoan the movement of science and mathematics teachers to greener pastures overseas, Dr Garth Anderson, president of the JTA, has pointed to another area of teacher shortage.
