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Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, addresses the Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) 15th Annual Education Conference, held at the Jewel Runaway Bay Beach and Golf Resort, in St. Ann, on March 29.
Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, addresses the Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) 15th Annual Education Conference, held at the Jewel Runaway Bay Beach and Golf Resort, in St. Ann, on March 29.

Gov’t to Strengthen NPSC

The Government will be aiming to strengthen the National Parenting Support Commission (NPSC) as a way of getting parents more involved in the academic affairs of their children. Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, made...
Director of Safety and Security in Schools, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Coleridge Minto.
Director of Safety and Security in Schools, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Coleridge Minto.

Trafficking In Persons Curriculum to Roll Out September
Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (right), is greeted by Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) President, Norman Allen (second left), at the JTA’s 15th Annual Education Conference, held at the Jewel Runaway Bay Beach and Golf Resort, in St. Ann, on March 29.
Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (right), is greeted by Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) President, Norman Allen (second left), at the JTA’s 15th Annual Education Conference, held at the Jewel Runaway Bay Beach and Golf Resort, in St. Ann, on March 29.

Civics to be Re-Introduced in Schools
Executive Director of the Jamaican Association on Intellectual Disabilities, Christine Rodriguez (centre), addresses JIS ‘Think Tank’, yesterday (March 29). Others (from left) are: Development Manager, Marilyn McKoy (left) and President, Sonia Jackson.
Executive Director of the Jamaican Association on Intellectual Disabilities, Christine Rodriguez (centre), addresses JIS ‘Think Tank’, yesterday (March 29). Others (from left) are: Development Manager, Marilyn McKoy (left) and President, Sonia Jackson.

JAID Calls for Assessment of More Children
Director of the Early Stimulation Programme (ESP), Mrs. Antonica Gunter-Gayle, interacts with young children enrolled in the programme, at the Stimulation Plus (STIM-PLUS) Child Development Centre, in Kingston.
Director of the Early Stimulation Programme (ESP), Mrs. Antonica Gunter-Gayle, interacts with young children enrolled in the programme, at the Stimulation Plus (STIM-PLUS) Child Development Centre, in Kingston.

ESP Meeting the Needs of Children With Disabilities

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ECC to Offer City and Guilds Certification for Security Guards

Security guards will soon receive training which will enable them to seek employment in the Caribbean and Europe. Evening and week-end classes for a 12-week training programme are scheduled to begin in May 2016 at the Excelsior Community College (ECC) main campus, 137 Mountain View Avenue, Kingston 3. The school is collaborating with Security Administrators Limited (SAL) to start the...
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Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Dr. Maurice Smith, who has penned a book to improve leadership in schools.
Education

Permanent Secretary Publishes Book to Improve Leadership in Schools

Having served in educational leadership for over a decade, Dr. Maurice Smith has firsthand experience of the challenges associated with efficiently operating a school. He recalls however, that while serving as principal on two occasions, his decision to leverage the use of data and interpersonal relationships resulted in significant improvement in school performance and output. This experience is what motivated...
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Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, reads over his notes prior to the start of Tuesday’s (March 22) Post-Cabinet press briefing at the Office of Prime Minister in Kingston.
Education

Extra Paper Will Be Available for CXC Candidates

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, says that candidates sitting this year’s Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) tests will be provided with extra paper, should they need them. There has been public concern following an announcement by the regional examination body that it would cease providing extra answer sheets to students sitting the Caribbean Secondary Education...
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Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (left), looks on as Japan’s Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency, Masanori Nakano (centre), and Warsop Primary School Principal, Stephanie Codling-Smith, display the signed agreement for a $10. 2 million grant to undertake upgrading works at the school. The grant signing and handing over ceremony was held at the Ambassador’s residence in St. Andrew on March 24.
Education

Japan Provides $10 Million Grant for Upgrading of Warsop Primary

Work is set to commence next month on the renovation of classrooms and other facilities at the Warsop Primary School in South Trelawny. The improvement work is being undertaken through a $10. 2 million grant from the Government of Japan under its Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects. In addition to the upgrading of the classrooms, the project will...
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Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (centre), converses with Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dr. Maurice Smith (left), at the official launch of the Alternative Pathways to Secondary Education (APSE), held on March 23, at the Regional headquarters of the University of the West Indies, Mona. At right is international education expert, Dr. Richard Villa.
Education

Government Launches APSE to Help Students

The Government has launched the Alternative Pathways to Secondary Education (APSE), which will provide students with additional and improved teaching programmes. Under APSE, instruction will be based on tailored curricula, enabling each learner to perform to his/her fullest potential, based on aptitude, interest and ability. Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, said the new programme...
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Education

CXC Students Will Receive Extra Answer Sheets if Needed

Minister of Education, Youth and Information Ruel Reid announced on Tuesday (March 22) that students sitting Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) external exams will be provided with extra answer sheets, if they need them. Speaking at the Jamaica House post-Cabinet press briefing on Tuesday, Minister Reid disclosed that the Education Ministry had “been in touch” with CXC to allay concerns that...
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Education

CXC Exam Booklets Have Extra Space for Writing Answers

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, along with the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC), has been made aware of the concerns of stakeholders regarding the provision of extra answer sheets to candidates sitting the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examination and Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE). CXC and the Ministry wish to state the following: The issue of the extra...
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