Glasgow, Joyce Louise2022-01-182022-01-18Dec. 1985261https://hdl.handle.net/2139/52364This article explores the meaning of scientific literacy, and the implications of science for functional literacy are discussed. Those features in the Jamaican context that underline the need for increased scientific literacy in the populace are considered at the national level, and at the level of the educational systemScience popularizationScientific literacy - its meaning and its importance for Jamaica