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Executive Director of the Students’ Loan Bureau (SLB), Monica Brown, addresses a recent JIS ‘Think Tank’.
Executive Director of the Students’ Loan Bureau (SLB), Monica Brown, addresses a recent JIS ‘Think Tank’.

SLB Working to Remove Stigma

The Students’ Loan Bureau (SLB) no longer wants to be seen as the institution that provides loans for only needy students. “We don’t want that stigma. We want to be known as the institution of choice that provides funding for...
Head of the Physical Education Department at The Mico University College, Dr. Carol Long (left); President of The Mico University College, Asburn Pinnock (second left), and Lecturer in the Department of Physical Education, Janet Guy, receive netballs, footballs and volleyballs from Resident Representative for the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Jamaica Office, Tobita Kenji (fourth left), and JICA Volunteer for Physical Health Education, Keiichiro Hirano, at a handover ceremony at Mico, in Kingston, on March 26.
Head of the Physical Education Department at The Mico University College, Dr. Carol Long (left); President of The Mico University College, Asburn Pinnock (second left), and Lecturer in the Department of Physical Education, Janet Guy, receive netballs, footballs and volleyballs from Resident Representative for the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Jamaica Office, Tobita Kenji (fourth left), and JICA Volunteer for Physical Health Education, Keiichiro Hirano, at a handover ceremony at Mico, in Kingston, on March 26.

Mico Receives Sport Supplies from JICA
Associate Vice-President for the Faculty of Advanced Skills and Professional Development at the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU), Dr. Cornell Brown, speaks at a JIS ‘Think Tank’ recently.
Associate Vice-President for the Faculty of Advanced Skills and Professional Development at the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU), Dr. Cornell Brown, speaks at a JIS ‘Think Tank’ recently.

Well-Rounded Curriculum for TAP Trainees
Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green (right), along with President of the College of Agriculture, Science and Education (CASE) Dr. Derrick Deslandes (2nd right) examine agriculture produce from the St. Catherine based Lauriston and Thompson Pen 4-H Club, at the College Day and Expo, held at the Portland based institution, on March 22. Others pictured from left are: Member of the Lauriston and Thompson 4-H Club, Kevaughn Williams, and Miss CASE, Tajera Sullivan.
Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green (right), along with President of the College of Agriculture, Science and Education (CASE) Dr. Derrick Deslandes (2nd right) examine agriculture produce from the St. Catherine based Lauriston and Thompson Pen 4-H Club, at the College Day and Expo, held at the Portland based institution, on March 22. Others pictured from left are: Member of the Lauriston and Thompson 4-H Club, Kevaughn Williams, and Miss CASE, Tajera Sullivan.

Gov’t Reviewing Tertiary Education Funding
Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, praying for students at Mountain View Primary School on Friday (March 23) before they sat their Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT).
Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, praying for students at Mountain View Primary School on Friday (March 23) before they sat their Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT).

Education Minister Praises GSAT Teachers and Administrators

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Education, Youth and Information State Minister, Hon. Floyd Green (centre), listens as Executive Director of the Students’ Loan Bureau, Monica Brown (right), addresses a recent JIS Think Tank, where she gave an update on the SLB’s activities. Also attending is Policy Analyst at the Jamaica Tertiary Education Commission (JTEC), Tracey-Ann Smith.
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SLB Reports Increase in Applications for Discounted Interest Rate Loans

The Students’ Loan Bureau (SLB) is reporting a 47 per cent increase in loan applications for tertiary courses, for which the interest rate on repayments is significantly discounted. Executive Director, Monica Brown, told a recent JIS Think Tank, which was held at the Agency’s head office in Kingston, that the areas include agriculture studies, engineering, information technology, and maritime and...
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Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, addresses a Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) press conference at the Ministry in Kingston on Tuesday (March 20). Seated beside him is State Minister, Hon. Floyd Green.
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Every Student to Be Placed in Full Five-Year High School

All students sitting the 2018 Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) will be placed in a full five-year secondary-level institution. Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, said that for the first time in the country’s history, there will be no need to place students who take GSAT in a junior high school’s grade-seven class. He said...
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Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (centre) and Principal Director in the Ministry, Dr. Janice Lindsay (second left), examine a document during a workshop on Jamaica’s accession to two United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Conventions to prevent the illicit trafficking of cultural property, held at The Courtleigh Hotel and Suites in Kingston, on March 20. Others (from left) are Programme Specialist for Culture, UNESCO Kingston Office of the Caribbean, Yuri Peshkov; Director and Representative of the UNESCO Office for the Caribbean in Kingston, Katherine Grigsby; and Secretary General for the Jamaica National Commission for UNESCO, Everton Hannam.
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Jamaica to Prevent Illicit Trafficking of Cultural Property

The Government is seeking accession to two United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Conventions to prevent the illicit trafficking of cultural property. These are the UNESCO Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property (1970), and the UN International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT)...
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Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green.
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Deadline for NYS Empowerment Programme April 6

The application deadline for the National Youth Service (NYS) Empowerment Programme has been extended to April 6, 2018. The initiative seeks to target some 360 persons, aged 17 to 34, with various disabilities. It also aims to provide the tools and opportunities to improve the quality of life for persons with disabilities and increase their participation in, and contribution to...
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Eleven-year-old Santa Cruz Primary and Junior High School student, Jquani Chung, will be sitting the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) in a hospital on March 22 and 23.
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Despite Illness Jquani is ready for GSAT

When the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) starts tomorrow (March 22), 11-year- old Jquani Chung, who is a patient at the Bustamante Hospital for Children, will be among the thousands of students sitting the all-important secondary school placement examination. The student of Santa Cruz Primary and Junior High in St. Elizabeth tells JIS News that she has been studying daily...
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