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General Secretary of Education International, Fred van Leeuwen (right), addresses the Jamaica Teachers’ Association’s (JTA) 16th annual Education Conference at the Hilton Rose Hall Hotel & Spa in St. James, recently.

Govts Urged to be Wary of Private Education Interests

General Secretary of the global teachers’ advocacy organisation, Education International, Fred van Leeuwen, has cautioned Governments against the outsourcing of education to private interests, noting that this could undermine the foundation of public schooling. “In too many places portions of...

Principals, vice-principals and heads of departments from schools across the island attend an educational leadership and management training session at the Mandeville Hotel, Manchester, on April 19.

Students Must be Included in School Leadership – Green

State Minister for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green (right), interacts with attendees at a career expo staged by the International University of the Caribbean (IUC), at its Old Hope Road location in St. Andrew on April 20. Pictured in the front row (from left), are Chief Executive Officer of Patwa Apparel, Heneka Watkis-Porter; President of the IUC, Rev. Maitland Evans; and President, Good Deeds Foundation Jamaica, Kiddist McCoy.

Students Urged to Explore Computer-Based Careers

President of The Mico University College, Dr. Asburn Pinnock (2nd right), addressing a JIS ‘Think Tank’ yesterday (April 19). Others (from left) are: Director of Alumni Affairs, Sharon Bouges-Wolfe; Dean of Science and Technology, Albert Benjamin; and Senior Research Fellow and Chair of the Research Day Committee, Sandra Grey-Alvaranga.

Mico University College to Focus on Crime and Violence on Research Day

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

Govt Allocates $300M to Help Needy Tertiary Students

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Union Gardens Infant Meeting the Nutritional Needs of Students

The Union Gardens Infant School in South West St. Andrew has taken steps to ensure that the nutritional needs of the nearly 70 students enrolled at the early childhood institution are being adequately met. This is in keeping with Standard 7 of the Early Childhood Commission’s Standards for the Operation, Management and Administration of Early Childhood Institutions (ECIs). Principal, Pauline...

Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) President, Howard Isaacs. (FILE)

9 years ago Education

Members Urged to Remind Themselves of JTA Principles

President of the Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA), Howard Isaacs, has urged members to constantly remind themselves of the principles under which the association was formed. Addressing the opening of the JTA’s annual three-day Education Conference, at the Hilton Rose Hall Resort & Spa, St. James, on April 18, Mr. Isaacs noted that the founders of the JTA, in setting out...

General Secretary of Education International, Fred van Leeuwen, giving the keynote address at the 16th Annual Jamaica Teachers

9 years ago Education

Teachers Urged to View Profession as their Most Valuable Asset

General Secretary of Education International, Fred van Leeuwen, says teachers should view the profession as their most valuable asset and their most effective weapon to realise their democratic ideals and aspirations. “We should not allow outsiders, self-proclaimed experts, consultancy agencies, and corporations to determine our professional standards,” he urged. Mr. van Leeuwen, a native of the Netherlands, was giving the...

Participants getting ready for the start of last year’s MoBay City Run

9 years ago Education

Early-Childhood Sector to Benefit from Mobay City Run

Acting Executive Director of the Early Childhood Commission (ECC), Karlene DeGrasse-Deslandes, is encouraging persons and entities in western Jamaica to support the MoBay City Run charity event, scheduled for May 7 in St. James. Speaking in an interview with JIS News, Mrs. DeGrasse-Deslandes noted that any initiative that will positively impact the early-childhood sector will have the support of the...

Students from high school in Trelawny and St. Ann participate in a forum on Caribbean integration at the William Knibb Memorial High School in Trelawny, recently.

9 years ago Education

Students Need to be More Aware About CARICOM

Head of the General Studies Department at Holland High School in Trelawny, Dageanna Spencer-Hull, has pointed to the need for Jamaican students to be more aware about matters relating to regional integration. She noted that social studies results in the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examination have been below par over the years and students have been shying away from...

9 years ago Education

Home Economics Education Plays Key Role in National Development

Director for the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information’s Western Regional Office, Dr. Michelle Pinnock, says home economics education continues to be an important subject area that plays a critical role in nation building. Speaking at the 22nd Biennial Conference of the Caribbean Association of Home Economists INC. at the Montego Bay Convention Centre, St. James recently, Dr. Pinnock said...

Health Minister and Member of Parliament for West Central St. Catherine, Hon. Dr. Christopher Tufton (right), interacts with students of the Brown’s Hall Primary School in the parish, at Wednesday’s (April 12) handing over of a $60 million expansion project, which was financed by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF). Sharing the moment at left is Managing Director of JSIF, Omar Sweeny.

9 years ago Education

$60 Million Expansion Project Opens at Brown’s Hall Primary

The 240 students and 13 teachers at the St. Catherine-based Brown’s Hall Primary School, now have upgraded facilities following a $60 million expansion project. Financed by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), the project included construction of new classrooms, multipurpose court, kitchen and tuck shop; erection of new perimeter fence; paving of driveway and parking area; putting in disability access...