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Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, addresses a back-to-school press conference at the Ministry’s Heroes Circle offices in Kingston on August 31.

Gov’t Spends $800 Million to Procure Textbooks

The Government has spent $800 million to procure textbooks for the 2016/17 academic year. Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, made the disclosure during a back-to-school press conference at the Ministry’s Heroes Circle offices in...

Regional Director for the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA), Dr. Ken-Garfield Douglas (seated right), shares a photographic moment with children of WRHA staff members, who were presented with $740,000 in book vouchers, during a ceremony held on August 30 at the Cornwall Regional Hospital in Montego Bay. Others (seated from left) are IGL Limited representative Winston Clarke; and WHRA Board Directors, Coleen Rickets-Evans and Sheona Muschett.

WRHA Awards $740,000 in Book Grants

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

Schools to be Repaired Before New Academic Year

Executive Director of the Scientific Research Council (SRC), Dr. Cliff Riley, cuts the ribbon to open a science laboratory at the Windsor Castle All-Age School in Portland on August 30. Looking on is Senior Vice Principal, Beverley Clarke. The lab was provided under the European Union (EU)-funded Improving Innovation Capacities in the Caribbean Project (INVOCAB).

Windsor Castle All-Age and Horace Clarke High get fully Equipped Science Labs

Director of Parenting Support Coordination and Behaviour Change at the National Parenting Support Commission (NPSC), Peta gay Waugh.

NPSC Helping Parents to Develop Healthy Relationships with Children

9 years ago Education

Spanish Town High Principal Welcomes Education Ministry’s Budgetary Support

Principal of the Spanish Town High School, Ventley Brown, has described a move by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information to increase its budgetary support to schools as welcome and valuable. Speaking on a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) television Back-to-School Special Forum, Mr. Brown said this will increase by over 50 per cent the school’s cash flow. This he...

9 years ago Education

Gov’t Provides Budgetary Support for All School Operations

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, says the Government has provided budgetary support for all operational costs in schools. He added that to ensure that all schools are equipped to deliver quality education in the absence of mandatory auxiliary fees, the Ministry has increased funding in several areas. The overall allocation for the sector has...

University of the West Indies (UWI) lecturer, Dr. K’adamawe K’nife engages participants in the Citizen Security and Justice Programme’s (CSJP) Summer Diversion Camp, during the graduation and awards ceremony held on August 30 at the Greendale Community Centre in Spanish Town, St. Catherine.

9 years ago Education

30 Students Graduate from CSJP Summer Camp

Thirty students from schools in Spanish Town, St. Catherine, have graduated from the Citizen Security and Justice Programme’s (CSJP) 2016 Summer Diversion Camp. The grade nine and 11 students, who displayed behavioural issues during the last school year, were recommended by their institutions to participate in the day camp held from July 25 to August 19. Liaison Officer, Necesia McNab,...

In this file photo, Distribution agent with GeoTechVision Limited, Varon England (left), shows Shaniqua Hibbert, student of the Greater Portmore campus of the Windsor School for Special Education, how to operate one of the tablet computers which were handed over to the institution, under the Tablets in Schools Programme.

9 years ago EducationTechnology

$2.1 Billion for Second Phase of Tablets in Schools Programme

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, says the Government plans to spend $2.1 billion over the next three years to facilitate the second phase of the Tablets in Schools programme. In an interview with JIS News, the Minister pointed out that there will be changes in how the pilot project was carried out, as there...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator Hon. Ruel Reid, addresses a back-to-school press conference at the Ministry’s Heroes Circle offices in Kingston on August 31.

9 years ago Education

High Schools to Receive Second Disbursement of $600 Million in September

The Government will provide an additional $600 million in tuition to secondary schools during the second week of September. This represents the second tranche of the $3.9 billion in increased tuition support to schools for the 2016/17 academic year, following the Government’s decision to abolish auxiliary fees at the secondary level. In June, the first payment of more than $1.4...

9 years ago Education

CXC Agrees to Accept SBAs of Penwood High Students

The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) has decided to accept the outstanding School-based Assessment (SBA) samples of students of Penwood High School in St. Andrew. This was disclosed by Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, during a back-to-school press conference at the Ministry’s Heroes Circle offices in Kingston on August 31. Approximately 40 students of the school...

9 years ago EducationYouth

Zero Tolerance for School Violence – Senator Reid

With the new school year set to begin on Monday (September 5), Education Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, has warned that violence in school will not be tolerated. “We have an obligation to ensure that our school compounds are safe and that our students and teachers can operate in an environment that is conducive to learning....