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Executive Director of the Institute of Jamaica (IOJ), Anne-Marie Bonner (right), presents St. Hugh’s High School with the Best Overall Trophy in the IOJ’s 2015/2016 Art and Craft in Schools Competition. The award ceremony was held on June 15 at the IOJ Lecture Hall, downtown Kingston. At 2nd right is St. Hugh’s High School teacher, Kimberlee Meir.
Executive Director of the Institute of Jamaica (IOJ), Anne-Marie Bonner (right), presents St. Hugh’s High School with the Best Overall Trophy in the IOJ’s 2015/2016 Art and Craft in Schools Competition. The award ceremony was held on June 15 at the IOJ Lecture Hall, downtown Kingston. At 2nd right is St. Hugh’s High School teacher, Kimberlee Meir.

St. Hugh’s High Cops IOJ Art and Craft Competition

St. Hugh’s High School has copped the Institute of Jamaica’s (IOJ) 2015/2016 Art and Craft in Schools Competition. The Kingston-based institution was presented with the Best Overall trophy at the award ceremony held on June 15 at the IOJ Lecture...
Prime Minister Medal of Appreciation awardee, Ivorine Pitters (left) of the Albert Town High School in Trelawny, receives a congratulatory hug and words of encouragement from Acting Principal of the institution, Dwayne Edwards. Ms. Pitters has served the education profession for 37 years and will be presented with the award by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness during a ceremony at Kings’ House on June 23.
Prime Minister Medal of Appreciation awardee, Ivorine Pitters (left) of the Albert Town High School in Trelawny, receives a congratulatory hug and words of encouragement from Acting Principal of the institution, Dwayne Edwards. Ms. Pitters has served the education profession for 37 years and will be presented with the award by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness during a ceremony at Kings’ House on June 23.

‘I Have Touched Many’ – Veteran Educator to Receive PM’s Medal of Appreciation
Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (left), addressing staff at the Ministry’s Region Two office in Port Antonio, Portland, on June 16.
Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (left), addressing staff at the Ministry’s Region Two office in Port Antonio, Portland, on June 16.

Gov’t to Facilitate Holistic Development of Children
Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (2nd left); Japan’s Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Masanori Nakano (3rd left), and Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz (3rd right), formally open two new classrooms at Orange Bay Primary School in Portland on Thursday, June 16. Assisting them are (from left) Principal, Gwendolyn Johnson; Board Chairperson, Dionne Hunter; and Portland’s Custos Rotulorum, Hon. Lincoln Thaxter. The school is located in West Portland where Mr. Vaz is the Member of Parliament.
Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (2nd left); Japan’s Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Masanori Nakano (3rd left), and Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz (3rd right), formally open two new classrooms at Orange Bay Primary School in Portland on Thursday, June 16. Assisting them are (from left) Principal, Gwendolyn Johnson; Board Chairperson, Dionne Hunter; and Portland’s Custos Rotulorum, Hon. Lincoln Thaxter. The school is located in West Portland where Mr. Vaz is the Member of Parliament.

Buff Bay High and Orange Bay Primary get new Classrooms
Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (right), converses with Opposition Spokesman on Education, Reverend Ronald Thwaites, at the Security and Ethics Conference, held on June 14 at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel, in New Kingston.
Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (right), converses with Opposition Spokesman on Education, Reverend Ronald Thwaites, at the Security and Ethics Conference, held on June 14 at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel, in New Kingston.

Rev. Thwaites to Co-Chair Values and Attitudes Committee

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Schools Urged to Follow Up on Benefits for Non-Academic Staff

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, is urging school administrators to be vigilant in ensuring that non-teaching staff receive the benefits that they are due. He said that “somebody must take the responsibility to follow up” in order to prevent delays in the distribution of payments such as pension. The Minister was speaking during an...
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Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (2nd left), has the attention of Minister of National Security, Hon. Robert Montague (right); Commissioner of Police, Dr. Carl Williams; and Chairman of the HEART/NTA Maxine Wilson. The occasion was a Security and Ethics Conference held at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston on June 14.
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Students Urged to Take Advantage of CAP

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, is calling on high-school leavers to take up the 10,000 spaces available under the Career Advancement Programme (CAP). Through the programme, offered at over 100 centres islandwide, students are provided with the opportunity for an additional two years of study in order to gain certification in a wide range...
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Applications Being Accepted for Glen Bromfield/JCSA Scholarship

Applications are being accepted for the Glen Bromfield/Jamaica Civil Service Association (JCSA) Education Trust Fund Scholarship. The scholarship is open to secondary school students in first to fifth form whose parents or guardians are members of the JCSA. General Secretary of the JCSA, Tiffany Powell, told JIS News that the concept is the brainchild of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of...
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Students of Holy Childhood Preparatory jump for joy after sitting their final paper in the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT).
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GSAT: More Students Placed in School of Choice

More school choices enabled 81 per cent of students, who sat the 2016 Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) to be placed in an institution of their preference. Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, said the number represents an increase of eight per cent when compared to 2015. “It is due to the fact that for...
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Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Ruel Reid.
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Education Ministry Improving Financial Management

The Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Ruel Reid, said strategies are being implemented to strengthen the financial management of his Ministry. He was speaking at a post-Cabinet press briefing at the Office of the Prime Minister on June 15. Mr. Reid said that for the first time, a management accountant will be brought on board to improve financial accountability...
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Students at Windward Road Primary & Junior High School celebrate upon receiving their Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) results last year. (FILE)
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Students Shine in GSAT!

Students who sat the 2016 Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) performed brilliantly in four of the five subject areas examined. Language Arts recorded the highest average score, improving by four per cent over last year. Mathematics followed with a 1.9 per cent increase, while Social Studies and Science marginally improved by 0.4 and 0.5 per cent, respectively. This was noted...
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Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid.
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Schools to Have Online Access to GSAT Results Next Week

The results of the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) will be available online to sending and receiving schools next week. This was announced by Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Ruel Reid today (June 15), at a post-Cabinet press briefing at the Office of the Prime Minister in Kingston. GSAT results were disseminated to the sending schools in hard...
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