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Dean, School of Dance, Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts, Kerry-Ann Henry, addresses a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank at the agency’s Head Office in Kingston on Tuesday, June 20.

Parents Urged to Support Children in the Arts

Parents are being urged to support children who want to pursue careers in the creative industries. Dean of the School of Visual Arts at the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts, Miriam Hinds-Smith, said it is important...

Lecturer in the School of Drama, Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts, Marvin George, addresses Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’ on Tuesday, June 20.

Entrepreneurship Major Focus in Creative Industry

Participants at the Early Childhood Commission (ECC) Region Six Certification Fair, held earlier this year at the Cedar Grove Academy in Portmore, St. Catherine.

ECC to Stage Certification Fair June 23

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

Principals Urged to Stick to School Support Contribution Policy

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left) listens to a point being made by President, Northern Caribbean University (NCU), Dr. Lincoln Edwards, during the institution’s fundraising banquet, in commemoration of the inauguration of the new president, at the Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on June 15 .

NCU Urged to Undertake More Agricultural Based Studies

Chief Executive Officer, Jamaica Information Service (JIS), Donna-Marie Rowe (second right) hands over books to Executive Director of the Jamaica Intensive Reading Clinic (JIRC), Santana Morris (second left) and JIRC Secretary, Marion Mills (third left), to be used in the JIRC summer reading camps targeting children age six to 17 years in need of literacy intervention. Also pictured are JIS Librarian, Nicolette Josephs; and Public Relations Officer, Denise Dennis.

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JIS Donates Books to JIRC Reading Camp

The Jamaica Information Service (JIS) has donated a series of its culturally-relevant publications to the Jamaica Intensive Reading Clinic (JIRC), which will, this summer, be hosting reading camps island wide. The books are expected to be used in the camps, targeting children age six to 17, who are struggling with mastery of literacy. The publications donated to the JIRC are:...

The Ministry of Education’s main office, 2 National Heroes Circle.

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Grade Four Students to Sit Literacy and Numeracy Exams on June 21 And 22

Thousands of students attending primary schools across the island are scheduled to sit the Grade Four Literacy and Numeracy examinations on June 21 and June 22.The Tests are administered to children to determine their literacy and numeracy, at grade four, in keeping with international requirements and standards.For the numeracy segment, students will be tested on number operation and representation; measurement...

In this file photo, Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (right), adjusts the collar of a student at Spanish Town High School, during a tour of the institution.

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Education Ministry to Allocate $1 Billion to Support Schools

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information is to allocate $1 billion in budgetary support to primary, all-age and junior high schools for the 2017-2018 academic year. This is in line with the Ministry’s commitment to provide greater support to schools to improve the quality of education in Jamaica. A bulletin issued by the Ministry states that all schools at...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (second left), in discussion with (from left), Past President, Rotary Club of St. Andrew, Dr. Lloyd Eubanks-Green; member of the Rotary Club of St. Andrew, Minna Israel; and President, Rotary Club of St. Andrew, Wayne Strachan. Occasion was the club’s luncheon meeting, held at the Hotel Four Seasons, in St. Andrew, on June 13.

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New Curriculum to Improve Methods of Teaching

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, says the new National Standards Curriculum (NSC) will improve methods of teaching, particularly for boys. Mr. Reid was responding to a question on ways to improve the performance of boys in schools, during the Rotary Club of St. Andrew luncheon meeting at the Hotel Four Season in St. Andrew,...

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Education Minister Confident 100 ECIs will be Certified by August

Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, remains confident that the Ministry will meet the August 2017 timeline for the certification and registration of 100 early childhood institutions (ECIs). He says 34 of these are already registered, having fulfilled the Early Childhood Commission’s (ECC) 12 stipulated certification Standards, adding that a number of the others are “not...

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MIND Offers State Protocol and Business Etiquette Course

The Management Institute for National Development (MIND) is now accepting registration for its annual State Protocol and Business Etiquette course. The course will be held from June 27 to July 5 on the Institute’s Kingston campus on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Director of Business Development and Communications at MIND, Marlene Campbell, said the training session targets individuals whose job functions require...

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No Transfer Policy Remains in Place

The Ministry of Education Youth and Information is reminding parents and guardians of students who sat the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) that the ‘no transfer’ policy remains in effect for 2017. This is in keeping with the Procedure for Transfers dated June 16, 2014. The Ministry noted, however, that it will accommodate cases where students could have otherwise been...