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Students from across the western region at a joint Ministry of Education, Youth and Information and Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade symposium at the William Knibb High School in Falmouth, Trelawny.
Students from across the western region at a joint Ministry of Education, Youth and Information and Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade symposium at the William Knibb High School in Falmouth, Trelawny.

Western Schools Ready for New School Year

Educators in western Jamaica say they are approaching the 2018/2019 academic year with a renewed sense of optimism. This optimism, they note, stems from the ever increasing willingness of parents to get involved in school activities, and also what they...
Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (left), converses with Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Fayval Williams, at Wednesday’s (August 29) post-Cabinet press briefing held at Jamaica House.
Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (left), converses with Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Fayval Williams, at Wednesday’s (August 29) post-Cabinet press briefing held at Jamaica House.

Cabinet Approves Contracts for Additional Textbooks
Student of Wolmer’s Boys’ School, Nethaneel Campbell, who passed nine subjects with distinctions in the recent Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations.
Student of Wolmer’s Boys’ School, Nethaneel Campbell, who passed nine subjects with distinctions in the recent Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations.

Student Not Surprised At Gaining Nine CSEC Subjects with Distinctions
Chief Executive Officer of the National Parenting Support Commission (NPSC), Kaysia Kerr (fifth left, front row), with parent mentors from Kingston and St. Andrew, St. Thomas, and St. Catherine at the Parent Place, at the Emmanuel Chapel in Mount Salem, St. James.
Chief Executive Officer of the National Parenting Support Commission (NPSC), Kaysia Kerr (fifth left, front row), with parent mentors from Kingston and St. Andrew, St. Thomas, and St. Catherine at the Parent Place, at the Emmanuel Chapel in Mount Salem, St. James.

NPSC Ramps up Social-Intervention Machinery
Early Childhood Commission (ECC) Chair, Trisha Williams-Singh (left), listens to Executive Director of the Commission, Karlene Degrasse-Deslandes.
Early Childhood Commission (ECC) Chair, Trisha Williams-Singh (left), listens to Executive Director of the Commission, Karlene Degrasse-Deslandes.

ECC Calls on Operators of ECIs to Get Registered

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Cuban Teachers Recruited

Twenty-four Cuban teachers have been recruited to teach at the primary, secondary and tertiary levels for the 2018/2019 academic year, to boost the teaching of the sciences, Spanish and other subjects. The teachers were recruited by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, in accordance with the cooperation agreement that was initially signed in 1997. They have joined 48 teachers...
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Communications Specialist at the Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC), Dorothy Campbell, speaks at a JIS ‘Think Tank’. (FILE)
Education

Parents Encouraged to Take Advantage of Options in Purchasing Textbooks

The Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC) is encouraging parents to take advantage of the varied options to minimise expenses for the purchase of textbooks for the 2018/19 academic year. Speaking with JIS News, Communications Specialist at the CAC, Dorothy Campbell, outlines some of the options that parents can explore to ensure that their children are equipped with the necessary books for...
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Students of Ne Providence Primary School in Kingston and their teacher, Nicole Thomson (left, background), take part in a Mathematics lesson with PR1ME Mathematics Specialist, Kelly Lim Kai Ling (right), recently at the school. The class was sponsored by the Rotary Club of Liguanea Plains and The Book Merchant Limited (BML). Ms. Lim Kai Ling was in Jamaica as the leading facilitator at the second staging of BML’s ‘Amazing Mathematics Powers (AMP)… PR1MEd for Success’ workshop for teachers that was held at the Shortwood Teachers’ College in Kingston from August 21 to 23.
Education

Maths Specialist Conducts Lesson with Grade-Five Students and Teachers

Leading PR1ME Mathematics Specialist from Singapore, Kelly Lim Kai Ling, recently conducted a special two-and-a-half-hour mathematics lesson with several grade-five students and two teachers from the New Providence Primary School in Kingston. This session was facilitated by The Book Merchant Limited (BML), organiser of the Amazing Mathematics Powers (AMP)…PR1MEd for Success workshop, in collaboration with the Rotary Club of Liguanea...
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Senior Education Officer, Guidance Counselling Unit, Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Allison Cooke-Hawthorne.
Education

Education Ministry Expanding Behaviour Intervention Programme Roll-Out in Schools

Schools located in the Denham Town Zone of Special Operations (ZOSO) will benefit from the implementation of a School-Wide Positive Behaviour Intervention and Support (SWPBIS) framework, when the 2018/19 academic year starts in September. The SWPBIS, spearheaded by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, is a proactive, team-based initiative tailored to create and sustain safe and effective schools, by fostering...
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Executive Director, Food for the Poor, David Mair (left), converses with beneficiary of the organization’s 2018 educational programme, Shenoya Brown (right), while her mother Silvia Brown, looks on. The occasion was a ceremony at the entity’s head office in Spanish Town, St. Catherine, on Friday (August 24), for the presentation of educational grants to approximately 250 students from basic to tertiary institutions islandwide.
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Food for the Poor Provides Grants for 250 Students

Approximately 250 students from early childhood to tertiary institutions islandwide have received educational grants from Food for the Poor. The students received cheques in varying sums during a presentation ceremony at the entity’s head office in Spanish Town, St. Catherine, on Friday (August 24). Executive Director, David Mair, told the youngsters’ parents that the provision was a “gift to your...
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Education, Youth, and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, addressing stakeholders during the Ministry’s sensitization session at the Montego Bay High School Auditorium in St. James on Thursday (August 23).
Education

Education Ministry Introducing Grooming Policy for Schools

Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, says a grooming policy for schools will come into effect when the 2018/19 academic year begins in September. He says the Ministry has signed off on the policy that will provide guidelines to assist administrators and parents in determining the acceptability, appropriateness and suitability of students’ general appearance for school,...
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Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green (right), presents an award to Victoria Mutual Building Society (VMBS) tertiary level scholar, Tashae Bowes, during the institution’s scholarship awards presentation ceremony at The Knutsford Court Hotel, New Kingston, on Thursday (August 23).
Education

Government Investing More Resources in Education

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green, says the Government is investing more resources in education for the 2018/19 academic year in a bid to further improve students’ academic and developmental outcomes. Mr. Green said the Government is pleased with the notable improvements in students’ performance in this year’s Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC)...
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