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Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, tables the 2019/20 Estimates of Expenditure in the House of Representatives on February 14.

Government Allocates $143 Million for Three Diagnostic Centres

The Government is expected to spend approximately $143 million during the 2019/20 fiscal year for the completion of a project that is geared towards establishing three Diagnostic Centres. Details of the project are outlined in the 2019/20 Estimates of Expenditure, ...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (left); and Regional Director, Ministry of Education's Region 5, Dr. Nadine Leachman (right), discuss the new classrooms being built at New Forest Primary and Junior High school in Manchester during a recent tour of the project site. Listening (from second left) are Project Manager, Caribbean Maritime University (CMU), Everold Simms; and Principal of the school, Arnaldo Allen;

Gov’t Committed to Seven-Year High-School Expansion Programme

Vice President of Global Affairs and Executive Director of the Centre for Blue Economy and Innovation at the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU), Ambassador Joachim Schmillen, addresses a recent JIS Think Tank.

CMU Reports Positive Results from Jambin Trials

Director of Marketing and Communication at the Edna Manley College of the Visual and performing Arts, Coleen Douglas, speaking about Founders’ Week activities at the college, at a JIS ‘Think Tank’, today (February 26).

Edna Manley College Protects IP Rights

State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Alando Terrelonge (second right), presents Holy Family Primary School student, Malique Brown, with the winner's trophy in RISE Life Management Services’ adolescent gambling-prevention jingle competition. The awards ceremony was held on February 27 at the entity's downtown Kingston offices. Sharing the moment are Vice President of Marketing, Communication and Sponsorship, Supreme Ventures Limited, Gail Abrahams (second left); and Executive Director of the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Commission (BGLC), Vitus Evans.

Don’t Gamble with Your Education – Terrelonge

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon Ruel Reid (right), is greeted by Principal of Hoolebury Primary School in Runaway Bay, St. Ann, Leon Lamont, during a visit on February 26.

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Four Primary and Infant Schools in St. Ann to be Upgraded

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information is to carry out infrastructural upgrade of four St. Ann-based Primary and Infant schools. Portfolio Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, told JIS News that the upgrading work forms part of the Ministry’s national infrastructure development programme, adding that the Government remains committed to tackling the infrastructural needs of schools across the country....

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon Ruel Reid, addresses a post-Cabinet press briefing held at the Office of the Prime Minister on February 27.

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First Component of PEP Successful – Senator Reid

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, says the administration of the first component of the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) conducted on February 26, was successful. More than 40,000 students were registered to sit the Ability component at 1,104 centres across the country. “Our focus now is for the Performance Task component next month and the...

Vice Principal, Academic Affairs at the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts (EMCVPA), Dr. Trudy Ann Barrett, speaking at a JIS Think Tank on Tuesday (February 26). (Photo: Rudranath Fraser).

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Edna Manley College Says Greater Research Needed on the Arts

Vice Principal for Academic Affairs at the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts (EMCVPA), Dr. Trudy Ann Barrett, has highlighted the need for greater research on and documentation of the Jamaican arts. “There is a paucity of research. There is not enough data, which we can readily access,” she said. Dr. Barrett, who was addressing a JIS...

Ambassador of Japan to Jamaica, His Excellency Hiromasa Yamazaki (right); Principal of Care Bear Early Childhood Development Centre, Cynthia Roach-Porter (left); and Deputy Chief Education Officer, Dasmine Kennedy, cut the ribbon to officially open a new building at the institution located on Waltham Road in St. Andrew on Tuesday (February 26). The project was undertaken through $12 million in funding from the Government of Japan.

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Care Bear Early Childhood Facility Expanded

The Care Bear Early Childhood Development Centre on Waltham Park Road, St. Andrew, has been expanded to better serve the developmental needs of students in the community and surrounding areas. Through $12 million in funding from the Government of Japan, under the Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Project, an additional building was constructed on the school grounds to house...

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Education Minister says PEP Exam was a Success

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, is reporting a successful administration of the first sitting of the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) examination. The Minister and a high-level team from the Ministry visited several schools in St. Ann on Tuesday (February 26) to get a first-hand view of the administration of the Ability component of the...

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Positive Feedback on PEP

Students, parents, principals and educators have given positive feedback about the Grade Six Ability Test, which is the first in a series of tests for the new Primary Exit Profile (PEP) examination that was administered on Tuesday (February 26). The Ability Test measures students’ ability to reason with words and quantities (quantitative and verbal reasoning). It represents 30 per cent...

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Edna Manley College Celebrates Founders’ Week

The Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts is celebrating its Founders’ Week (February 24 to March 1), under the theme ‘Investing in the Future, Honouring Our Past’. Activities kicked off on Sunday, February 24, with a service at the Church of the Ascension, Mona. “We added a bit of art to the church service. We had performances...