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Head of the Jamaica Diaspora Crime Intervention and Prevention Task Force, Dr. Rupert Francis (centre), addresses a public forum on ‘Community Policing: The Role of the Citizen’, at the University of Technology (UTech) on June 13. At right is Executive Director, Youth Crime Watch of Jamaica, Kethania Griffiths.

Education and Community Engagement Play a Major Role in Fighting Crime

Head of the Jamaica Diaspora Crime Intervention and Prevention Task Force, Dr. Rupert Francis, says that education and community engagement can play a major role in fighting crime in Jamaica. “Education has a real effect on crime. We have to...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Alando Terrelonge, addresses the Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA)/Helen Stills Development Day event held at the Hilton Rose Hall Resort and Spa in St. James, recently.

Educators Commended for Preparing First PEP Students

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz (second right), with members of the winning team from Holland Primary School in the Schools Environment Programme (SEP) competition (from left): Jaden Newland, Jahmani Brown, Shaqira Milton and Shevaughn Ebanks. Occasion was the SEP Research Day and Awards Ceremony, held on Wednesday (June 12), at The Knutsford Court Hotel, in Kingston.

Holland Primary Wins SEP Competition

Minister with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, speaking at the opening of a two-day Higher Education Summit today (June 12) at the Mona Visitors’ Lodge in St. Andrew.

Every Child Must Be Given Equal Opportunity to Learn – Samuda

Minister with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon Karl Samuda (right), holding a copy of the new Student Summary Report that parents of grade-six students will receive for the Primary Exit Profile (PEP), during a Press Conference at the Ministry on June 11. With the Minister is State Minister in the Ministry, Hon. Alando Terrelonge.

Parents to Access Student Summary Report for PEP

Minister with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, addresses stakeholders at a meeting of Teachers and Principals in Region 3, which was held at the Moneague College in St. Ann on June 6.

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More Emphasis Should be Placed on Maths and Science – Samuda

Minister with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, says more emphasis should be placed on mathematics and science subjects in the nation’s schools. Mr. Samuda was addressing stakeholders at the Ministry’s meeting of teachers and principals in Region 3, which was held on June 6 at the Moneague College in St. Ann. “I looked at the numbers...

Minister with responsibility for the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon Karl Samuda (left), addresses Press Conference on PEP at the Ministry in Kingston, on Tuesday (June 11). With the Minister is Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dr. Grace McLean.

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PEP Results Out by End of Third Week In June

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information has announced that the results for grade-six students who sat the inaugural Primary Exit Profile (PEP) examinations this academic year will be announced by the end of the third week in June. Addressing a Press Conference at the Ministry on Tuesday (June 11), Minister with responsibility for the Ministry of Education, Youth and...

Minister with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, addresses an education stakeholder forum held on Friday (June 7), at the Golf View Hotel in Mandeville, Manchester.

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Schools to Receive $5 Million Per Year for Minor Repairs

Minister with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, says that school boards will be allocated $5 million per annum for minor repairs and maintenance of school plants. He made the disclosure at an education stakeholder forum held on Friday (June 7) at the Golf View Hotel in Mandeville, Manchester. “The larger projects will be done centrally,” he...

Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (right), listens attentively to Vice Principal, Bath Primary and Junior High School, Beverley Edmondson-Edwards (left), during the LASCO REAP competition awards ceremony held on Thursday (June 6), at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, New Kingston. Others pictured are: Senior Teacher, Bath Primary and Junior High, Marie Bennett (2nd left); Project Manager, JMMB Joan Duncan Foundation, Catherine Davis Smith (third right); and students Dajhray Desouza (3rd left); and Kenrick Sammuels.

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Bath Primary and Junior High Wins 2018/19 LASCO REAP Competition

Bath Primary and Junior High School in St. Thomas is the winner of the 2018/19 LASCO Releaf Environmental Awareness Programme (REAP) competition, taking home $100, 000 courtesy of the JMMB Joan Duncan Foundation. The announcement was made at the awards ceremony held at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston on Thursday (June 6). The school, which copped first place...

President, Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA), Dr. Garth Anderson (left), welcomes 91-year-old retired educator, Ms. Sylvia Jumpp, from the parish of Trelawny, at the JTA

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JTA Medal of Honour

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, listens as Fundaciones student, Makena Wilmot (right), reads the rules for the

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PM Visits Fundaciones

Students and staff of Fundaciones (El Centro) got a welcome treat on Thursday morning (June 6), when Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness stopped at the institution’s Seymour Avenue location in St. Andrew. Mr. Holness visited the early childhood division, where he observed the delivery of instruction in English and Spanish at that level. He played chess with the...

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Dr. Grace McLean (seated right), and Country Representative, United Nations Children

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NCEL and UNICEF Partner to Create More Child-Friendly Schools

The National College for Education Leadership (NCEL) has signed a memorandum of understanding with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) for development of digital content to support online leadership training aimed at creating more child-friendly schools. The content, which will be implemented in at least 10 schools initially by year end, will be crafted in collaboration with the Curriculum and...