Claude Ellis
Reverend Claude Ellis is the principal of Pembroke Hall High School in St Andrew, Jamaica, where he has been vocal about the literacy crisis affecting his students. Under his leadership, the school faces significant challenges, with over 70% of grade-seven students unable to read at grade level. Ellis has advocated for more resources and support for special education needs, highlighting the difficulties faced by both students and teachers due to insufficient training and a lack of parental involvement.
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Reverend Claude Ellis is calling on the Government to redirect its resources into the primary and early childhood sectors to address educational gaps being identified in students at the secondary level.
LITERACY SOS | News | Jamaica Gleaner
Jamaica· 2026-02-20
Reverend Claude Ellis is the principal of Pembroke Hall High School, credited with leading a significant academic turnaround.
Reading revival | News | Jamaica GleanerJamaica· 2026-02-16
Reverend Claude Ellis told The Gleaner that more than 70 per cent of the roughly 220 grade-seven students at the St Andrew school entered unable to read or did so only at a grade-three level.
‘Fix the root’ | Lead StoriesJamaica· 2025-06-22
Claude Ellis is the principal of Pembroke Hall High School and has been actively involved in addressing literacy issues among students.
Letter of the Day | Literacy deficiency is not a Pembroke Hall problem alone | LettersJamaica· 2025-06-14Reverend Claude Ellis, principal at Pembroke Hall High, told The Gleaner that some students are suspected of having special education needs.
Reading to be brought back on schools’ timetables, says Morris Dixon | Lead StoriesJamaica· 2025-06-12
The school’s principal, Reverend Claude Ellis, also revealed that some of these students, who are suspected of having special education needs, struggle to recognise letters of the alphabet.
Gov't implementing strategies to tackle literacy challenges in schools -Morris Dixon | NewsJamaica· 2025-06-11Reverend Claude Ellis is the principal of Pembroke Hall High School, addressing the literacy crisis among students.
Pembroke Hall High faces literacy crisis | Lead StoriesJamaica· 2025-06-10
