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Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (centre), is in discussion with Board Director of Alliance Payment Services Limited, Peter Chin (left); and President of The Mico University College, Dr. Asburn Pinnock, at the launch of the ePay Cashless School Programme at the university in Kingston on October 5.
Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (centre), is in discussion with Board Director of Alliance Payment Services Limited, Peter Chin (left); and President of The Mico University College, Dr. Asburn Pinnock, at the launch of the ePay Cashless School Programme at the university in Kingston on October 5.

The Mico University College Launches ePay Cashless System

Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, is endorsing the launch of the ePay Cashless School Programme by The Mico University College. The Minister said he supports any “honest and locally relevant” measure that would enhance efficiencies...
Acting Principal of the Montego Bay Community College, in St. James, Dr. Maureen Nelson.
Acting Principal of the Montego Bay Community College, in St. James, Dr. Maureen Nelson.

Montego Bay Community College in Safe Hands
Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator, the Hon. Ruel Reid (left), engages first-form students of Campion College . (File Photo)
Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator, the Hon. Ruel Reid (left), engages first-form students of Campion College . (File Photo)

Education Ministry Updates Nation on Resumption of School Operations in the Wake of Hurricane Matthew
Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid. (FILE)
Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid. (FILE)

Education Ministry Looks to Make Foreign Languages Compulsory Up to Grade Nine
The Hon. Senator Ruel Reid, CD, Minister of Education, Youth and Information.
The Hon. Senator Ruel Reid, CD, Minister of Education, Youth and Information.

Education Ministry Updates Nation on School Operations and Hurricane Matthew

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State Minister in the Education, Youth and Information Ministry, Hon. Floyd Green (centre), greets Vice President of Capital Markets and Fund Management at Sagicor Investments Jamaica Limited, Kevin Donaldson. Occasion was a luncheon to promote the Stock Market Game to high school teachers, held on September 30 at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston. Looking on is Senior Marketing Officer, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Michael Johnson.
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Education State Minister Endorses Stock Market Game

State Minister in the Education, Youth and Information Ministry, Hon. Floyd Green, has hailed the efforts of the Jamaica Stock Exchange to promote financial literacy  among high school students and teachers through its Stock Market Game. “They (JSE) are innovators at heart. They have been...finding ways to ensure that as a country we get more financially literate,” Mr. Green said,...
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Parents Urged to Complete GSAT Registration Form

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information is imploring parents and guardians whose children will sit the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) in 2017 to ensure that they complete the registration or entry form by the deadlines set by the schools. The Ministry, in a statement, said parents should now be in the process of completing the document. Parents, who...
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President of the Rotary Club of Spanish Town, Mr. Desmond Hutchinson (left), presents a plaque to Senior Advisor to the Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Mr. Robert Miller, after he addressed the club’s meeting on September 27 at the Police Officers’ Club in Kingston.
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Steady GSAT Pass Rates in Maths and English Over Four Years

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information is reporting steady pass rates in the number of students who sat Mathematics and English in the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) over the past four years. Senior Advisor/Consultant to the Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Robert Miller, said that for mathematics the pass rates were: 61 per cent in 2013; 60...
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Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green, addresses the launch of the Access to Information (ATI) Unit’s National High School Essay Competition at Jamaica House on September 27. Seated at right is Permanent Secretary, Office of the Prime Minister, Audrey Sewell, while Public Education Manager, ATI Unit, Prudence Barnes, observes the proceedings.
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ATI Act Ensures Transparency and Accountability – Green

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green, says the Access to Information (ATI) Act establishes a system that ensures transparency and accountability, which are critical elements in tackling corruption. “It is often said that corruption impedes economic growth, undermines the rule of law and really tears down the fabric of society,” he pointed...
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Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (right), examines a Jamaica College branded draw-string bag, which is among items for sale inside the newly refurbished stationery and memorabilia shop, which was reopened on September 27. Others (from left) are PTA President, Errol Holmes; Group Chief Financial Officer, Jamaica National, Curtis Martin, and School Captain, Malik Morrison.
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Education Ministry Sets Up Corporate Financial Committee

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information has established a Corporate Finance Committee to improve its financial management system. Portfolio Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, made the disclosure at the reopening of the Jamaica College Parent-Teacher Association’s (PTA) stationery and memorabilia shop at the Old Hope Road-based institution on September 27. Chief Executive Officer of Proven Management Limited, Christopher...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), interacts with students at the Four Campbell’s Academy, on Booby Drive, in his West Central St. Andrew Constituency,on September 27. Mr. Holness presented books and other educational materials to the school, donated by the Palmyra Foundation.
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Prime Minister Says More Children Have Access to Education

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says with the addition of new classrooms in the early-childhood sector by the administration, more children will have access to education without paying fees. He said that in keeping with the constitutional provision, which guarantees children access to pre-primary education, tuition free, the Government has been expanding early-childhood spaces to ensure that quality...
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National Mathematics Coordinator in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Dr. Tamika Benjamin, provides details about the mathematics pilot project for parents to be implemented in November, during a JIS Think Tank on September 27.
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Math Project for Parents to be Implemented November

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information will be implementing its mathematics pilot project for parents in November. The US$500,000 initiative, which will involve some 1,800 families in Clarendon, is aimed at helping parents develop competence in math in order to better support their children’s learning in the subject area. It will target parents of children in grades one and...
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