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Grade Six student at Rousseau Primary School in Kingston, 11-year-old Te-John Bailey (left), who is the first beneficiary of the Hands Across Jamaica for Righteousness Programme’s Sponsor a Child initiative, speaks during the launch at King’s House, on Friday, September 25 at Kings’ House. Listening keenly is Executive Chairman of Hands Across Jamaica for Righteousness, Evangelist Errol Rattray.

Educational Support Programme Launched For Inner-City Children

Twenty-eight primary and secondary school students from inner-city communities across Kingston and St. Andrew will receive educational funding support under the Hands across Jamaica for Righteousness Initiative, beginning January 2016. The provisions are being made under the 20 year old...

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (centre), addresses the launch of a mathematics pilot project for parents at the Ministry’s Heroes Circle office today (Sept. 23). Country Representative of the Inter-American Development Bank, Therese Turner-Jones (left); and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Elaine Foster-Allen, listen.

Parents Targeted Under Pilot Project To Improve Math Scores

Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (centre), and newly appointed Canadian High Commissioner to Jamaica, His Excellency Sylvain Fabí (right), converse with Commissioned Land Surveyor and alumnus of the University of Toronto in Canada, Timothy Thwaites. Occasion was Thursday’s (September 22) Jamaica-Canada Alumni Association reception at the Spanish Court Hotel, New Kingston, where Rev. Thwaites was the guest speaker.

Minister Thwaites Hails Academic Ties with Canada

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

St. Thomas School District Model Going Well

Every Student Has Access to Five Years of Secondary Education – Rev. Thwaites

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Ministry of Education to Expand Behaviour Intervention Programme in Schools

An additional 1,800 administrators and teachers from 25 schools islandwide will be selected to participate in the Positive Behavioural Intervention and Support (PBIS) programme, being implemented by the Ministry of Education during the 2015/16 academic year. They will represent the second cohort, following the initial 1,400 participants chosen from 22 institutions for the programme, which was first implemented during 2014/15,...

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Bridgeport Infant School Closed

The Ministry of Education is advising parents and guardians that the Bridgeport Infant School will be closed tomorrow (Monday) on the advice of the Ministry of Health. Parents are being asked to keep their children at home and not to send them to nurseries and day care centres. The closure of the Bridgeport Infant School is to allow for sanitisation...

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Education Ministry Improving Math Training in Teachers Colleges

The Ministry of Education has, over the past two years, strengthened its relationship with teacher training institutions in an effort to improve the quality of Mathematics teachers entering the education system. National Numeracy Coordinator, Dr. Tamika Benjamin, said as part of the implementation of the Mathematics Policy, under the National Mathematics Programme, a subcommittee was formed to focus on issues...

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Jamaicans Who Study Abroad Lauded For Contributions

Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, has lauded the contributions made to advance the country’s education sector by Jamaicans benefitting from tertiary training overseas, particularly in Canada. Notable among these persons, he says, are late businessman and philanthropist, G. Raymond Chang; and National Commercial Bank (NCB) Chairman, Michael Lee-Chin. Mr. Chang attended the University of Toronto, where he qualified as...

Charter Chairman of the Ardenne Alumni Foundation, Flo Darby (2nd left), presents a cheque for just over $250,000 towards Ardenne’s High School’s nutrition programme to Head Girl of the school Asheka Robinson (4th left); and Head Boy, Daniel Hutchinson (3rd right). The presentation was made on Thursday (September 17), during devotional exercises at the school’s Hope Road campus. Others sharing in the moment (from left) are: Directors of the Foundation, Vilma McDonald, Esther Tyson, Mark Thomas, and School Principal, Nadine Molloy.

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Ardenne Nutrition Programme Gets $250,000 Boost

With a pledge that “no student will go hungry while at school,” the Ardenne Alumni Foundation and the Ardenne Alumni Toronto Chapter have donated over $250,000 to the institution’s nutrition programme. The funds, raised at a benefit to officially launch the Alumni Foundation in October last year, were handed over last Thursday (September 17) during devotional exercises at the school’s...

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125 Parent Places Established In Primary Schools

The National Parenting Support Commission (NPSC) has, to date, established 125 Parent Places in primary schools across the six regions of the Ministry of Education. Executive Director of the NPSC, Dr. Patrece Charles-Freeman, said the centres were instituted through collaboration with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and benefit from assistance from volunteer mentors and on-staff parent support...

10 years ago Education

St. Andrew High School for Girls Celebrates 90 Years

St. Andrew High School (SAHS) for Girls, one of Jamaica’s most prominent all-girls schools, is celebrating 90 years of existence. Founded on September 21, 1925, through a partnership between the Presbyterian Church and the Wesleyan Synod of Jamaica, SAHS is currently one of the best opportunities for secondary education in Jamaica. On Monday, September 21, on the school’s Commemoration Day,...