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Licensing Regime to Professionalise Teaching

Chief Executive Officer of the Jamaica Teaching Council (JTC), Dr. Winsome Gordon, says the Government’s move to implement a regime for the licensing and registration of teachers is aimed at ensuring greater levels of accountability and professionalism in teaching. “There...

Executive Director, Economic Growth Council, Senator Aubyn Hill (left); Vice Principal, Academic Affairs, Shortwood Teachers’ College, Dr. Claudette Barrett-March (centre) and Regional Mathematics Coordinator, Ms. Pauline Thames-Baker, examine PR1ME textbooks students currently use in primary schools across the island. The books were on display at the ‘Amazing Mathematics Powers… PR1Med for Success Workshop’, at Shortwood Teachers’ College in Kingston, on August 21.

Senator Hill Emphasises Importance of Improved Performance in Maths

Chief Education Officer, Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Dr. Grace McLean

100 Teachers Being Better Equipped to Impart Spanish

Board Chairman of United Way of Jamaica, Dr. Marcia Forbes (left), in conversation with (from second left): Chairperson of the Early Childhood Commission (ECC), Trisha Williams-Singh; Chief Executive Officer, United Way of Jamaica, Winsome Wilkins; and Executive Director of the ECC, Karlene Deslandes, at a ceremony held at the offices of the National Volunteer Centre, Camp Road, in Kingston, on August 16.

United Way and Partners Assisting Early Childhood Institutions

General Manager, Petrojam Limited, Winston Watson (second left) and Commonwealth Youth Ambassador, Sujae Boswell (right), with students who have received scholarships from the company for their outstanding performances in the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) examinations, during a luncheon held on August 17 at the Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC) Incubator and Resource Centre, in Kingston. They are (from left): Alton Brown, Shamoya Williams, Abigail Daley and Jaydon Green.

Petrojam Awards Scholarships to GSAT High Achievers

8 years ago EducationInformationYouth

Bus Service for Students to be Expanded

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information has committed $380 million for the roll-out of the Expanded Pilot Rural Transportation Project for the 2018/19 academic year. The Ministry committed $200 million for implementation of the first year of the programme in 2017. Now in its second year, the programme is being implemented in the rural sections of 12 parishes, excluding...

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Jamaica Information Service (JIS), Mrs. Donna-Marie Rowe (second left), in discussion with Chairman of the St. Catherine 4-H Club Parish Advisory Council, Michael Bellamy (right), at a prayer breakfast, hosted by the Council, at the Linstead Pentecostal Tabernacle, in the parish, on August 18. Twenty two students in need of assistance received scholarships from the Council at the function. From left are scholarship recipients, Sandray Miller and Danique Plantt.

8 years ago Education

Needy Students in St. Catherine Awarded Scholarships

The St. Catherine 4-H Club Parish Advisory Council on Saturday (August 18), awarded scholarships valued at $220,000 to 22 students in need of assistance. The scholarships as well as gift baskets were presented to the students during a prayer breakfast, held at the Linstead Pentecostal Tabernacle, in St. Catherine. Eighteen of the scholarships were presented to those entering secondary schools,...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green (centre), with students who passed the final sitting of the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) and were awarded by TIP Friendly Society on Friday (August 17), at the Knutsford Court Hotel, in New Kingston. To the Minister’s right is President, Committee of Management, TIP Friendly Society, Mr. Ray Howell.

8 years ago EducationInformationYouth

Education Ministry to Push for Greater Performance by Students

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green, says the Ministry will be pushing for even greater performance by students in external examinations, especially Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) subjects. Speaking at TIP Friendly Society’s 2018 Scholarship awards luncheon at the Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston on August 17, Mr. Green cited the...

Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (right), addressing parents during a question and answer session at the Ministry’s parent sensitisation session for Region’s One and Two, at the Karram Speid Auditorium, Merl Grove High School, Kingston, on August 16. Also pictured is Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dean-Roy Bernard.

8 years ago EducationInformationYouth

Public Sector Workers Not Required to Pay School Auxiliary Fees for Children

Public sector workers with children attending public educational institutions will not be required to pay auxiliary fees for their enrolment as of the 2018/19 academic year, which begins in September. This was announced by Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Dean-Roy Bernard, during one in a series of parent sensitisation sessions, which was held for Regions...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (left), and Chief Education Officer, Dr. Grace McLean, at a parent sensitisation Session on August 16 at Merl Grove High School in Kingston. The session, which covered Regions One and Two, was the first of several organised by the Ministry, with the objectives of informing parents on critical matters relating to educational policy initiatives, and to increase parent involvement in their children’s learning.

8 years ago EducationInformationYouth

Roll-Out of National School Leaving Certificate in Sept.

Chief Education Officer in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Dr. Grace McLean, says the roll-out of the National School Leaving Certificate will commence in September 2018. Speaking at a parent sensitisation session on August 16 at Merl Grove High School, in Kingston, she explained that the Certificate will provide data on the performance of students over their five...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid

8 years ago EducationYouth

New School Year Brings Opportunity for Renewal – Senator Reid

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, says the new school year, which gets underway in September, provides the opportunity to start with a new focus and an agenda for renewal. “We will therefore go forward with a renewed sense of hope and belief in our collective abilities to find sustainable solutions to new and long-standing...

8 years ago Education

Spanish Teachers to Attend Four-Day Training Course

A four-day intensive training course for Spanish language practitioners will be held at the Shortwood Teachers’ College in Kingston from August 18 to 21. The course, organised by the Embassy of Spain, will be conducted by the Cervantes Institute of Spain, in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information and the Shortwood Teachers’ College. Lecturers at the teachers’...