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Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, speaks at the 2018 Sagicor Foundation Scholarship Awards ceremony, held on Thursday, August 23 at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston.

Minister Says PEP Will Create Inclusive Education System

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, says the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) will help to create a more inclusive education system. The PEP, which is scheduled to begin in the September 2018/19 academic year, will...

Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (right), in discussion with Principal of the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts, Nicholeen DeGrasse-Johnson (second left), at a staff development conference at the institution’s Arthur Wint Drive headquarters in St. Andrew on August 23. Others (from left) are: Vice Principal of Academic Affairs, Carol Hamilton, and College Orator, Dr. Amina Blackwood Meeks.

Education Minister Hails Edna Manley College

Mr. Holness was addressing an awards ceremony at the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) on Wednesday (August 22) for children of OPM and Office of the Cabinet staff members who were successful in the final sitting of the GSAT earlier this year.

PM Holness Encourages Society to Embrace Primary Exit Profile Examination

Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, addressing awardees and guests attending the Jamaica Teachers’ Association’s ( JTA) 54th annual conference awards ceremony at the Hilton Rose Hall Resort and Spa in Montego Bay, St. James, on Tuesday (August 21).

Education Minister Lauds Teachers

Chief Executive Officer of the Jamaica Teaching Council (JTC), Dr. Winsome Gordon

Licensing Regime to Professionalise Teaching

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.

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Senator Hill Emphasises Importance of Improved Performance in Maths

Executive Director, Economic Growth Council, Senator Aubyn Hill, has argued that more improvements in the various testing stages of Mathematics could result in more growth in the economy, and more jobs for persons. At the annual ‘Amazing Mathematics Powers… PR1Med for Success Workshop’, held for primary level teachers at Shortwood Teachers’ College in Kingston on Tuesday (August 21), Senator Hill...

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

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100 Teachers Being Better Equipped to Impart Spanish

Come the start of the 2018/19 academic year in September, about 100 current and prospective teachers of Spanish at the primary, secondary, vocational and tertiary levels will enter the classroom better equipped to impart the subject. These individuals, including lecturers at teachers’ colleges and final-year student teachers, are participating in a four-day intensive training course now underway at Shortwood Teachers’...

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.

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United Way and Partners Assisting Early Childhood Institutions

United Way of Jamaica has been working with its partners in doing extensive work to assist in improving early childhood education and institutions in Jamaica. Board Chairman, United Way Jamaica, Dr. Marcia Forbes, said the organisation has provided safe indoor and outdoor equipment for children and staff. She noted that through an investment from Jamalco, 357 teachers from 80 early...

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.

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Petrojam Awards Scholarships to GSAT High Achievers

Four students, two each from Greenwich All-Age and St. Andrew Primary Schools in South West St. Andrew, will be at ease when they begin their high school journey in September, as their school related expenses will be taken care of by Petrojam. The oil refinery company have awarded them scholarships for their outstanding performances in the recent Grade Six Achievement...

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.

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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.

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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...