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CMU Opens Fact Centre September 19
The Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) will officially open its Festo Authorised and Certified Training (FACT) Centre for Mechatronics and Automation, at its Palisadoes Park Campus, on Wednesday, September 19. The facility, which is the largest FACT Centre in the world, … Continued
Forty-Eight Teen Parents Get Bursaries and Scholarships to Go Back to School
Forty-eight adolescent parents have received bursaries and scholarships valued at $2.32 million to assist with their reintegration into the formal education system. The awards, under the Advancing Secondary, Tertiary Remedial Education for Adolescent Mothers (A- STREAM) Programme administered by the … Continued
One Hundred Fifty-Two Students Better Equipped to Manage Conflicts and Behaviour Issues
One hundred and fifty-two students from 10 high schools across three parishes have returned to the education system better equipped to manage conflicts and disciplinary issues. The youngsters, from the parishes of St. Catherine, Clarendon and Trelawny attended a behaviour-modification … Continued
Business Leaders React to CXC Suggestion
Several business leaders have reacted to the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) suggestion that employers diversify employment requirements by also requesting qualifications outside of the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC). The CXC’s proposal comes against the background of what the regional … Continued
Craft Vendors Can Learn Spanish at Simón Bolívar Cultural Centre
Craft vendors and business operators in downtown, Kingston are being encouraged to take advantage of Spanish language training being offered at the Simón Bolívar Cultural Centre, 10-12 North Parade. Centre Manager, Nadine Boothe-Gooden, said the lessons will better enable them … Continued
Minister Grange Reads to Students for Int’l Literacy Day
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, hosted a Read-In session with scores of students from Corporate Area schools at the Institute of Jamaica (IOJ), downtown Kingston, on Friday (September 7). The event, which included storytelling and … Continued
Knockalva Agricultural School Now a Polytechnic College
The Knockalva Agricultural School is now a polytechnic college, providing greater access to tertiary education for persons in western Jamaica. Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, noted that the rebranded institution, located in Hanover, will … Continued
Training For Unattached Youth at Renovated Red Hills Skills Centre
The Red Hills Skills Training Centre in St. Andrew has been renovated at a cost of $3 million and will now offer unattached youth four skill-based courses through partnership with the HEART Trust/NTA. The refurbishing was undertaken through the Constituency … Continued
Education Minister Satisfied With Start of New School Year
Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, has expressed satisfaction with the start of the 2018/2019 academic year. In an interview with JIS News on Monday (September 3), after visiting three schools in the Corporate Area … Continued
MICO Care Centre Invites Registration for Education Conference
The Mico University College Child Assessment and Research in Education (CARE) Centre, is encouraging in-service teachers, teachers in training, clinicians and school administrators to register for its seventh biennial education conference. The conference is scheduled to be held October 11 … Continued