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Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (left), looks on as Councillor Donovan Samuels of the Tivoli Gardens Division, presents a scholarship to University of the West Indies medical student, Jahnoy St. Jacques, during the launch of the Edward Seaga Scholarship Awards at the Spanish Court Hotel in New Kingston on Wednesday (Sept. 25).

Nine Students Awarded Inaugural Edward Seaga Scholarship

Nine students from West Kingston, including four university freshmen, will have the cost of their tuition and other school-related expenses paid over the duration of their studies under the inaugural Edward Seaga Scholarship Awards (ESSA). Approximately $3 million has been...

Minister with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, presents a special grant to student of the Queen’s School, Kenesha Garrick, as Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie looks on. Occason was the launch of the Edward Seaga Scholarship Awards at the Spanish Court Hotel in New Kingston on Wednesday (September 25).

Gov’t Committed To Levelling Playing Field For Secondary Education

Education Specialist at the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF),
Dr. Rebecca Tortello. — Education Specialist at the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Dr. Rebecca Tortello.

Jamaica To Participate In UN World’s Largest Lesson

UWI Staging Activities To Honour Miss Lou

Chief Technical Director, Ministry of Science, Energy and Technology, Wahkeen Murray (right), looks on as Group Executive Chairman, University of the Commonwealth Caribbean (UCC), Dr. Winston Adams (left), points to words on an inspiration board inside the new Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Technology Centre, at the official opening of the facility at the UCC campus in St. Andrew on Wednesday (September 25). At centre is UCC President and Exceutive Chancellor, Professor Dennis Gayle.

University of The Commonwealth Caribbean Opens Innovation Centre

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JSIF Spearheading Projects to Boost Special Education

Several projects are being spearheaded by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) aimed at strengthening capacity in the special education sector. These initiatives, which are scheduled to be completed by December 2020, include infrastructural work and the training of teachers and school administrators. The projects are being undertaken through grant funding under the ninth cycle of the Caribbean Development Bank’s...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, CD, MP

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Normality Expected to Return to Schools Today

Regular classes are expected to resume today, September 25, following the return of public transportation in the Kingston and St. Andrew Metropolitan area and sections of St Catherine served by the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC). The Ministry of Education is advising that based on discussions with the JUTC and the police schools can resume regular classes. At the same...

Managing Director, Jamaica Social Investment Fund, Omar Sweeney (left); Director and Principal, National College for Educational Leadership, Dr. Taneisha Ingleton (centre); and Chief Technical Director, Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Barbara Allen, display folders with copies of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed on Monday (September 23) at the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information. The MOU makes provision for an Inclusive School Leadership Programme for school administrators.

6 years ago Education

School Administrators to be Trained to Better Serve Special Needs Students

Thirty school administrators, including principals, vice principals and members of school Boards from selected schools across the island, will be trained on how to better serve and educate students living with special education needs, at a cost of approximately $2.8 million. This is based on the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for an Inclusive School Leadership Programme, by...

Chief Executive Officer, Jamaica Teaching Council, Dr. Winsome Gordon (centre), speaks with (from left) LASCO Teacher of the Year 2017, Ingrid Peart-Wilmot; Student, Buff Bay High School, Raymond Richards; Student, Rollington Town Primary School, Amaad Allen; Founder, Collaborate to Educate our Sons, Dr. Bertram Melbourne; and Student, Greater Portmore High School, Antione Foster, during the mentorship session for the Boys Education Empowerment Programme, at Medallion Hall Hotel in St. Andrew, on Friday (September 20).

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Boys Attend Three-Day Mentorship Programme

The Jamaica Teaching Council (JTC) and Collaborate to Educate our Sons recently pulled around 100 vulnerable boys from high schools across the island and boarded them at the Medallion Hall Hotel in St. Andrew for three days of mentoring under the Boys Education Empowerment Programme. The mentorship sessions took place between September 18 and 20. It was endorsed by the...

Consultant at the Creative Language-Based Learning (CLBL) Foundation, Mary McDonald, bringing greetings at a contract-signing ceremony involving the entity and Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) at JSIF’s office in Kingston on Wednesday (September 18).

6 years ago Education

Teachers Receiving Specialised Training To Rectify Student Learning Challenges

More than 70 primary schools islandwide are now benefiting from the expertise of some 130 teachers who have been trained to detect and successfully correct learning challenges in students. The intervention, which has been reaping tremendous success, particularly in relation to the students’ ability to read, has resulted from the utilisation of the Lindamood-Bell Learning Processes. The methodologies, which were...

State Minister, Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Alando Terrelonge (left), points out someting of interest in

6 years ago Education

Magazine For School Leaders Launched

The National College for Educational Leadership (NCEL) has launched a magazine that provides principals with practical, hands-on strategies to undertake improvements at their schools. Dubbed ‘The Principal’s Voice’, the publication functions as a practitioner’s guide with case studies, experiences, opinions and analyses from emerging and experienced educational leaders across Jamaica and the wider Caribbean. It features stories from educators on...

State Minister for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Alando Terrelonge, (seated right); and Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Michael Henry (seated left), sign the contract for the training of 120 teachers in the use of the Lindamood-Bell Learning Processes at the Jamaica Social Investment Fund

7 years ago Education

120 Teachers Targeted For Training To Address Learning Disorders

A total of 120 primary-school teachers in 75 schools across seven parishes will be trained and certified in the use of the Lindamood-Bell Learning Processes, in order to diagnose and correct various language-based learning disabilities in students. Under the six-month-long project, which is being funded by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) at a cost of $20.6 million, teachers will...