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Chief Education Officer, Ministry of Education, Dr. Grace McLean.
Chief Education Officer, Ministry of Education, Dr. Grace McLean.

Jamaica Day Activities now set for March 4

The Ministry of Education is advising School Administrators that Jamaica Day activities have been postponed from Friday, February 26 to Friday, March 4. According to Chief Education Officer at the Ministry, Dr. Grace McLean, “the day’s celebration is rescheduled, given...
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Derrick Kellier, addressing farmers and other citizens of Stonehenge and adjoining communities at the Orange Hill Primary School, in Southern St. James, on February 5. Others 9from left) are: Chairman of the function, Dennis Wanliss and Councillor Gladston Bent.
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Derrick Kellier, addressing farmers and other citizens of Stonehenge and adjoining communities at the Orange Hill Primary School, in Southern St. James, on February 5. Others 9from left) are: Chairman of the function, Dennis Wanliss and Councillor Gladston Bent.

Orange Hill Primary School Sports Field Upgraded
Chairman of the Western Medical Association (WMA), Dr. Garfield Badal (left), with recipients of the 2015 WMA Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) award, at a ceremony held on January 24. From second left are: Jessica McKnight, Antonio Colman and Candice Owens.
Chairman of the Western Medical Association (WMA), Dr. Garfield Badal (left), with recipients of the 2015 WMA Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) award, at a ceremony held on January 24. From second left are: Jessica McKnight, Antonio Colman and Candice Owens.

WMA Continues to Support Students
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.

Director Gives All to Early Stimulation Programme
Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, bushes an area of the Alpha Infant and Primary School compound, while participating in the National Clean-up Day in Schools, today (February 5). The Day was held to facilitate vector control activities and to get rid of mosquito breeding sites in schools. The Minister also visited Calabar Primary and Junior High School.
Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, bushes an area of the Alpha Infant and Primary School compound, while participating in the National Clean-up Day in Schools, today (February 5). The Day was held to facilitate vector control activities and to get rid of mosquito breeding sites in schools. The Minister also visited Calabar Primary and Junior High School.

Schools Encouraged To Make Repellents Available To Students

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Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (left), receives a gift from Vice-Principal of the Runaway Bay All Age School, Simone-Lowe Miller (right), at the opening of the Infant Department at the Runaway Bay All Age School, in St. Ann, on February 3. At centre is the school
Education

Good Nutrition A Must For Children – Education Minister

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, has emphasised the importance of good nutrition for the nation’s children, noting that 128,000 early childhood students across the island are being provided with lunch and breakfast by the Government. Speaking at the official opening ceremony for the  Infant Department at the Runaway Bay All Age School, in  St. Ann,  on  February 3,...
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Chairman of the National Commercial Bank Foundation, Thalia Lyn (right), in discussion with Principal of the Convent of Mercy Academy, Alpha, Mrs. Kali McMorris (centre) and Deputy Chief Education Officer, Lena Buckle Scott, at the institution, on February 3. Occasion was the presentation of more than $11 million in sponsorship fees to support students sitting the 2016 Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) principles of business (POB) and principles of accounts (POA) examinations in May or June.
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Deputy Chief Education Officer Highlights Importance of SBAs

Students of principles of accounts (POA) and principles of business (POB) are being reminded of the importance of their School Based Assessments (SBAs), by Deputy Chief Education Officer, Lena Buckle Scott. “It is time now to be polishing up on your SBAs. Without a passing grade in your SBAs, it is impossible to pass the subject overall. Ensure you have...
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Education

Initiative to Increase and Retain the Number of Fully Qualified Mathematics and Science Teachers

Mr Speaker, on previous occasions I have advised this honourable house that there was a deficit in the number of teachers qualified to teach Mathematics in the public education system. About 22 per cent of the approximately 1800 teachers deployed to the secondary system are fully qualified. As an interim measure, since 2014, the Ministry of Education introduced a cadre...
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Education

Dr. Simon Clarke Headlines UWI Western Jamaica Public Lecture Series

Distinguished educator and Board Chairman of the All American Institute of Medical Sciences (AAIMS), Dr. Simon Clarke, heads the line-up of distinguished presenters at the 2016 lecture series, being staged by the University of the West Indies’ (UWI) Mona Western Jamaica Campus. The four-day event gets underway on Monday, February 1 at the institution’s Montego Bay campus, located at 10...
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Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (right), speaks with Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Dr. Maurice Smith, about his book ‘School Self-Evaluation: Towards a Model to Enhance School Leadership in Jamaica,’ which was launched on January 27 at the Courtleigh Hotel in New Kingston.
Education

Schools to Adopt Self-Evaluation Model

A school self-evaluation model developed by Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Dr. Maurice Smith, is to be formally adopted within the country’s education system. Chief Education Officer, Dr. Grace McLean, made the announcement at the recent launch of Dr. Smith’s book in which the model is outlined. The model, which has been tested in 16 upgraded and traditional...
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Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (standing), interacts with Priyanka Paharsingh (left), and Tarshea Richards prior to the start of the Caribbean Conference of Seventh-Day Christians Prayer Breakfast at the Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston today (January 31).
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PM Reiterates Call for Jamaicans to Protect Children

Prime Minister the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, is again imploring all Jamaicans to take responsibility for the protection of the nation’s children and to speak up against child abuse. “The safety and protection of our nation's children is a responsibility that every Jamaican must share. Each of us in the churches, the schools, the families and wider community –...
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Master Trainer at St. John Ambulance, Linford Edwards, demonstrates emergency first aid procedures during the National Health Fund (NHF)-sponsored training course conducted at the Rousseau Primary School in St. Andrew, recently. The teachers received training in first aid and asthma management under the Health Promoting Schools Programme.
Education

Teachers at Rousseau Primary Trained in Asthma Management and First Aid

Twelve teachers of Rousseau Primary School in St. Andrew have been trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), asthma management and paediatric first aid under the Health Promoting Schools Programme. The training programme, sponsored by the National Health Fund (NHF), was conducted at the school over a five-day period. Course Facilitator and Master Trainer from St. John Ambulance, Linford Edwards, said the...
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