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General Manager of the Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) Co-operative Credit Union, Robert Ramsay (right), presents a cheque for $50,000 to Lorell Duncan. Occasion was the credit union's 2018 Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) awards function held on July 27 at the Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston.

GSAT Students Receive Bursaries from JTA Credit Union

Students, who excelled in the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT), have been awarded bursaries valued at $1.75 million by the Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) Co-operative Credit Union. The cheques were presented to 70 children of credit union members from across...

Business Development Manager at Facey Commodity Company Limited, Pernal Elliston (second right), speaking with 2018 TANG Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) Scholarship Award recipient, Tai Grant (right) during the TANG GSAT Awards luncheon held at the Hotel Four Seasons in St. Andrew on July 26. Fellow scholarship recipients, Khadedra John (left) and Vitannia Bedward, share the moment. Facey Commodity is the distrbutor of TANG in Jamaica.

Education Ministry Urges Private-Sector Support for Maths Thrust

State Minister for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green (left), in discussion with Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Founder of Youth for Sustainable Development (Y4SD), Rochelle Reid James, prior to the start of a two-day Y4SD conference at the University of Technology (UTech), in St. Andrew, on Thursday (July 26).

Entrepreneurship Classes in All High Schools September

Registrar at the University of the West Indies Open Campus (UWIOC), Karen Ford Warner, addressing a recent JIS Think Tank.

UWI Open Campus Accepting Applications

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid addresses a post-Cabinet press briefing held on July 25 at Jamaica House. Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Fayval Williams (centre) and State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green, were in attendance.

Gov’t Awards Contracts Valued at $356 Million

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Fayval Williams, addressing journalists during Wednesday’s (July 25) Post Cabinet Press Briefing at Jamaica House. Looking on is Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid.

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Gov’t Providing $8.39b in High School Budgetary Support for 2018/19 Academic Year

The Government has earmarked $8.39 billion in budgetary support for high schools for the 2018/19 academic year. This represents a $435.8-million increase over the previous year, according to Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid. He was speaking during a post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House on Wednesday (July 25). Senator Reid said operational and social grants...

Senior Education Officer at the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Alicia Lindsay, addresses Brunswick Jamaica

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PEP Will Better Enable Teachers to Design Lesson Plans

With the Primary Exit Profile (PEP), teachers will have a more complete assessment of students’ capabilities, better enabling them to design lesson plans to meet their learning needs, says Senior Education Officer in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Alicia Lindsay. “So teachers can plan more strategically as they look at what the trends are, what the weaknesses are,...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green (left), addresses the Jamaica Leadership Summit held at The Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston on Thursday (July 19). Seated from right are Natasha and Jamar Wright of Mind Food International, which organised the event.

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Mentoring the Youth Matters

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green, has underscored the value of mentorship programmes in improving outcomes for underperforming or unattached young people. Mr. Green, who was addressing the Jamaica Leadership Summit at The Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston on Thursday (July 19), noted that initiatives that match students who are not...

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Guyana Learning from Jamaica in Establishing A National PTA

Guyana is seeking to learn from Jamaica in the establishment of its own national parent-teacher association (PTA) that will foster the active engagement of parents in the education system. PTA Coordinator in Guyana’s Education Ministry, Nadia Hollingsworth, was in the island recently, visiting several schools, where she got first-hand experience of parent-teacher bodies at work. She also participated in the...

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Justice and Chair of the National Task Force Against Trafficking in Persons (NATFATIP), Carol Palmer (second right), greets Corporate Education Manager, University of the Commonwealth Caribbean (UCC), Tahjaa Knuckle (left), when she arrived at the Justice Ministry’s offices on Wednesday (July 18) for a press briefing. Also pictured (from second left) are Head of the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Unit at the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Carl Berry; and Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) in charge of the Counter-Terrorism and Organised Crime (CTOC) Branch, Fitz Bailey.

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Master’s Degree for Persons Fighting against Human Trafficking

Persons combatting human trafficking now have an opportunity to increase their expertise through a master’s degree programme, which will be offered by the University of the Commonwealth Caribbean (UCC). The programme, which begins in October, is a partnership involving the Ministry of Justice, through the National Task Force Against Trafficking in Persons (NATFATIP). Details of the programme were outlined by...

Chief Education Officer, Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Dr. Grace McLean, addresses the National Parent-Teacher Association of Jamaica

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Education Ministry and Parent-Teacher Association to Stage PEP Sessions

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information is partnering with the National Parent-Teacher Association (NPTAJ) to stage a series of information fora on the Primary Exit Profile (PEP). Making the disclosure, Chief Education Officer, Dr. Grace McLean, said the islandwide events will commence during the last two weeks in August and will include presentations from portfolio Minister, Senator the Hon....

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Dean-Roy Bernard (left), greets Mexico’s Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Juan José Gonzalez Mijares (right), at Thursday’s (July 19) launch of the ‘Project for Capacity Development in Digital Preservation for Records and Information Professionals’, at the Ministry in Kingston. At centre is Director for Information Technology at the General National Archives of Mexico, Erick Cardoso Espinosa.

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Education Ministry Partners With Mexico to Preserve Records

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, and the Mexican Embassy in Jamaica have partnered on a project to further boost the Government’s capacity to digitally preserve the nation’s priceless archived records and historical data. The initiative, titled ‘Project for Capacity Development in Digital Preservation for Records and Information Professionals’, was launched by Permanent Secretary, Dean-Roy Bernard, and Mexico’s Ambassador...