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Principal of Mount Airy Primary and Infant School, Karen Anderson-McFarlane (centre), is flanked by the school’s top-performing students in the Primary Exit Profile (PEP), Andrea Barnes (left) and Tian Raye Barnes .
Principal of Mount Airy Primary and Infant School, Karen Anderson-McFarlane (centre), is flanked by the school’s top-performing students in the Primary Exit Profile (PEP), Andrea Barnes (left) and Tian Raye Barnes .

Westmoreland Schools Celebrate

Two primary schools in Westmoreland are celebrating the results from the first sitting of the Primary Exit Profile (PEP), which were announced on June 21. In an interview with JIS News, Principal of the Mount Airy Primary and Infant School,...
Mr. Moseley: Principal of the Green Island Primary School in Hanover, Vaccianna Moseley, interacts with students at the institution. (FILE)
Mr. Moseley: Principal of the Green Island Primary School in Hanover, Vaccianna Moseley, interacts with students at the institution. (FILE)

PEP Results Bring Joy at St. James and Hanover Schools
Prime Minister, the Most Honourable Andrew Michael Holness, ON, PC, MP
Prime Minister, the Most Honourable Andrew Michael Holness, ON, PC, MP

Forty Educators to Receive 2019 Prime Minister’s Medal of Appreciation
Grade six students of Schoolfield Primary and Infant, in St. Elizabeth, who sat the first Primary Exit Profile (PEP) examination.
Grade six students of Schoolfield Primary and Infant, in St. Elizabeth, who sat the first Primary Exit Profile (PEP) examination.

Primary Schools in St. Elizabeth Pleased with PEP Results
Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, CD, MP
Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, CD, MP

Gov’t Honours Commitment to Primary and Junior High Schools

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Minister with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda (centre), addressing a press conference at the Ministry’s National Heroes Circle head office in Kingston on Friday (June 21) to announce the grade-six results for the Primary Exit Profile (PEP). He is flanked by Permanent Secretary, Dr. Grace McLean (left); and State Minister, Hon. Alando Terrelonge.
Education

63 Per Cent of Students Show Proficiency in Social Studies

Minister with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, says the results from the first sitting of the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) are showing that students had the best outcome in the subject of Social Studies. “Based on the results, 63 per cent of students who sat the test have demonstrated proficiency or advanced proficiency in knowledge, skills...
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Renovated Homestead Place of Safety Re-opens

The Homestead Place of Safety, in Stony Hill, St. Andrew, has been renovated, making life more comfortable for the 44 young girls who reside there. The facility, which was refurbished  at a cost of  $23. 5 million, was re-opened on June 21 by Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Alando Terrelonge. In his address,...
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Minister with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda (left), addresses the media at a Press Conference for the results of the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) examination, on Friday (June 21). With Mr. Samuda is the Minister of State, Hon. Alando Terrelonge.
Education

PEP Results Are Available

The results for the first cohort of grade-six students who sat the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) examination are now available for principals, teachers and parents to access. The results were released by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information on Friday (June 21). PEP has replaced GSAT as the national secondary school entrance test. It is intended to provide a...
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Director, Diaspora Affairs Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Lincoln Downer, addressing Wednesday’s (June 19) closing session at the 2019 Jamaica Diaspora Conference at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston.
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Diaspora Providing Support in Health, Education and Public Safety

Jamaica has benefited from initiatives in health, education, and public safety coming out of the Jamaica 55 Diaspora Conference held in Kingston in 2017. Director of the Diaspora Affairs Department in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Lincoln Downer, said that 11 health centres have been adopted at a total cost of $11 million for up to three...
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Paul Barnett, 2019 recipient of the Governor General’s Achievement Award for the Diaspora in Canada.
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Diaspora Award Winner Gives Back to Schools

The 2019 recipient of the Governor General’s Achievement Award for the Diaspora in Canada, Paul Barnett, is inviting Jamaicans living in Canada to register their schools with the Alliance of Jamaican Alumni Associations (Toronto). The Association is comprised of 52 alumni organisations, working as a joint charitable body for the schools in Jamaica. Mr. Barnett, who moved to Canada 52...
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Minister with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, emphasises a point while speaking at a regional stakeholders consultation with Board chairpersons, principals and parent representatives of educational institutions in Region 4 at West Jamaica Conference Centre in Mount Salem, Montego Bay, St. James, on Friday (June 14).
Education

Systems to Be Established to Guarantee Equity in Education Sector

Minister with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, says the Government will move to establish systems that guarantee equity within the education sector. The Minister was speaking at the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information Region Four consultation, held at the West Jamaica Conference Centre in Mount Salem, St. James, on Friday (June 14). According to Mr....
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State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Alando Terrelonge (left), greets Principal of the St. Catherine-based Gregory Primary School, Richard Williams, during a recent visit to the school.
Education

Improvement in Literacy and Numeracy at Gregory Park Primary

The Gregory Park Primary School in St. Catherine is seeing an improvement in student achievement consequent on measures undertaken over the last five years. Principal of the school, Richard Williams, told JIS News that when he took over the leadership of the institution in 2014 he worked with the teachers on a programme to boost numeracy and literacy, including holding...
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