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Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (second left), speaking with (from left) Commonwealth of Learning (COL) Focal Point in Jamaica, Dr. Phylicia Marshall; President, COL, Professor Asha Kanwar and Vice President, COL, Mr. K Balasubramanian, before the start of COL’s Regional Focal Point Meeting for the Caribbean, at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on Thursday (August 30).
Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (second left), speaking with (from left) Commonwealth of Learning (COL) Focal Point in Jamaica, Dr. Phylicia Marshall; President, COL, Professor Asha Kanwar and Vice President, COL, Mr. K Balasubramanian, before the start of COL’s Regional Focal Point Meeting for the Caribbean, at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on Thursday (August 30).

Infants Who Enrol in Brain Builder Centres Stand A Better Chance – Education Minister

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, says infants who enrol in Brain Builder Centres will stand a better chance at acquiring National School Leaving Certificates and successfully read for their degrees at the tertiary level....
Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, responds to questions from journalists during a press conference at his National Heroes Circle offices in Kingston on Thursday (Aug. 30).
Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, responds to questions from journalists during a press conference at his National Heroes Circle offices in Kingston on Thursday (Aug. 30).

Education Minister Says All In Place for Smooth Start to New School Year
State Minister for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green (left), converses with University of the West Indies, Mona Campus Registrar, Camille Bell-Hutchinson, at a breakfast meeting hosted by the University of the West Indies’ School of Education, at the Mona Visitors’ Lodge and Conference Centre on August 30.
State Minister for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green (left), converses with University of the West Indies, Mona Campus Registrar, Camille Bell-Hutchinson, at a breakfast meeting hosted by the University of the West Indies’ School of Education, at the Mona Visitors’ Lodge and Conference Centre on August 30.

Curriculum Reforms Catering to 21st Century Learner – Green
Chief Education Officer in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Dr. Grace McLean (right), responding to questions posed by parents at a sensitisation session held at York Castle High School in Brown’s Town, St. Ann, on Wednesday (August 29). To her right is Regional Director, Region Three, Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Sophia Forbes Hall.
Chief Education Officer in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Dr. Grace McLean (right), responding to questions posed by parents at a sensitisation session held at York Castle High School in Brown’s Town, St. Ann, on Wednesday (August 29). To her right is Regional Director, Region Three, Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Sophia Forbes Hall.

PEP Sensitisation Sessions for Parents and Teachers
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

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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

Cabinet Approves Contracts for Additional Textbooks

Cabinet has approved the awarding of a contract, valued US$1,941,848.34, to Carlong Publishers Limited to supply and distribute textbooks for students in grades one to three islandwide, under the Government’s 2018/19 Primary Textbook Programme. The company has also been awarded a contract in the sum of $110,593,387.65 to procure and distribute textbooks for students under the National Textbook Loan Scheme...
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Student of Wolmer’s Boys’ School, Nethaneel Campbell, who passed nine subjects with distinctions in the recent Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations.
Education

Student Not Surprised At Gaining Nine CSEC Subjects with Distinctions

Copping nine distinctions in the recent Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations came as no surprise to student of Wolmer’s Boys School, Nethaneel Campbell. In an interview with JIS News, Nethaneel said he knew his hard work and time invested in studying late at nights for the subjects – Biology, Physics, Chemistry, Additional Mathematics, Geography, Spanish, Social Studies, Mathematics and...
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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.
Education

NPSC Ramps up Social-Intervention Machinery

Equipping parents with effective parenting skills is believed to be a powerful strategy to help keep children on the right path, and the National Parenting Support Commission (NPSC), has been making strides in accomplishing that goal. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Commission, an agency of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Kaysia Kerr, says its mandate is to...
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Education

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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Early Childhood Commission (ECC) Chair, Trisha Williams-Singh (left), listens to Executive Director of the Commission, Karlene Degrasse-Deslandes.
Education

ECC Calls on Operators of ECIs to Get Registered

Chairperson of the Early Childhood Commission (ECC), Trisha Williams-Singh, is reminding operators of early-childhood institutions (ECI) that they are required to register their institutions with the ECC. “If you are registered, that means you are operating legally. So, if you are not registered… you are operating illegally,” Mrs. Williams-Singh said. She was speaking at a function held recently at the...
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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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