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Lecturer in the Department of Natural Sciences at The Mico University College, Dr. Lisa Caleb, addressing a recent JIS Think Tank.

Mico Introduces Students To Microscience Education

The Mico University College is moving ahead with plans to expose its student teachers to the microscience approach for teaching science. Microscience education is a practical approach to experiencing science that was made popular under the UNESCO Global Microscience Project....

International Microscience Consultant under the Japan-funded Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) technical cooperation initiative, Petal Jetoo, addressing a JIS Think Tank on Tuesday (January 14).

Jamaica To Boost Teaching of The Sciences

Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States, Her Excellency Audrey Marks (centre), shares a photo opportunity with members of the organising committee of the David ‘Wagga’ Hunt Scholarship Fund at one of its annual fundraising balls held at the National Education Association Atrium in downtown Washington DC.

Jamaican Embassy To Be Honoured At Scholarship Ball

Minister without Portfolio with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda (right), greets Project Manager, Tri- Star Engineering Company Limited, Orville Callum. The occasion was a tour of the Christel House Jamaica tuition-free school project site in Spanish Town, St. Catherine on Friday (January 10). Looking on is Project Manager, Christel House International, Jeremy Brown.

Phase One Construction of Tuition-Free School in St. Catherine to be Completed in June

Students from New Day Primary and Junior High in Kingston (from left), Nyonah Sturridge and Deandra Smith, are animated in their performance at the launch of the Kiwanis Club of North St. Andrew's digital literacy project at the University of the Commonwealth Caribbean (UCC) in St. Andrew on Friday (January 10).

Primary-School Students To Benefit From Digital Literacy Project

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Some 300 Students To Receive Rio Tinto Scholarships And Bursaries

Some 300 agriculture students from secondary, tertiary and vocational institutions will benefit from scholarships and bursaries valued at $23.5 million this year through the Rio Tinto Legacy Fund. The recipients, selected from among 504 applicants from Manchester, St. Catherine and St. Ann, represent the largest cohort since the fund’s inception in 2010. Students at the tertiary level will receive full...

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Schools Urged To Comply With New Sugar Limit For Sweetened Beverages

Schools are being urged to comply with the new sugar limit for sweetened beverages being sold or served on their campuses. Effective January 1, sweetened drinks with total sugar concentration exceeding a maximum of five grams/100 ml, are restricted from schools. This is a reduction from the limit of six grams/100ml implemented in January 2019. All schools are required to...

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Grade 4 Primary School Students To Sit PEP Exams June 25 – 26

Grade 4 primary school students who are preparing to transition to secondary level education will sit their component of the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) on Thursday, June 25 and Friday, June 26, 2020, in Language Arts and Mathematics Performance Tasks. The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information has issued a bulletin informing that these Grade Four students will sit a...

6 years ago Education

High School In St. Mary Renamed For Former MP

The Brimmer Vale High School, in St. Mary, is to be renamed the Wycliffe Martin High School, says Minister without Portfolio with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda. Making the disclosure at yesterday’s (December18) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House, Mr. Samuda said Cabinet has approved the decision. The Minister noted that Mr. Wycliffe Martin became Member...

State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Alando Terrelonge (right), is greeted by President of Alliance Francaise de la Jamaique,Pierre Lemaire, at the recent launch of the Integrate French as a Language of Exchange/Intégrer le Français comme Langue d

6 years ago EducationYouth

Jamaica Integrating French as Language of Exchange

State Minister for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Alando Terrelonge, has welcomed the opportunity for local teachers to be better trained in the delivery of French to their students. “We recognise that if our youth are truly to move forward… if they are to continue to lead, inspire and transform their world, then they must be able to speak in...

Sixth-form supervisor at Oberin High School in St. Andrew, Everton Leslie (centre), interacting with the school’s head girl, Shanique Bennett and sixth-form student, Rochaun Edwards, at the Stand Up! Talk Up! Youth Conference at The Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston on Monday (December 9).

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Teacher Calls For Increased Measures To Address Bullying

Sixth-form Supervisor at Oberlin High School in St. Andrew, Everton Leslie, is highlighting the need for increased measures to effectively address bullying in schools. He suggested the staging of fora where students from across the island can be sensitised about the issue, while giving victims an avenue to speak up about what they have suffered. Mr. Leslie, who was addressing...

Principal of Duhaney Park Primary School, Coleen Reid Grant (right), cuts the ribbon to officially open the renovated playing field at the school in St. Andrew on Thursday (December 5). She is joined by (from left) Vice President at Guardian Group, Claudette Ashman; Headgirl, Amoya Edwards; Marketing Projects Officer, National Commercial Bank (NCB), Gillian Parague; Headboy, Rojay Peaches; and School Board Chairman, Rev. Christopher Hutchinson.

6 years ago EducationYouth

Playfield At Duhaney Park Primary Renovated

Students and staff of the Duhaney Park Primary School in St. Andrew were in an ecstatic mood on Thursday (December 5), following the official handover of the newly renovated playing field. The area was once a dust bowl, causing a major nuisance for students and staff, many of whom complained of respiratory problems. Guardian Group Foundation, National Commercial Bank (NCB)...