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Director of Alumni and Development at the Mico University College, Sharon Wolfe (centre), provides details of activities for the institution’s Research Day 2015, slated for March 24 to 25, while addressing a JIS Think Tank on March 17. Listening are Acting Dean of the Faculty of Education, Mico University College, Rudolph Sewell (left); and Dean of the Faculty of Science and Technology, Professor Bermadee Briscoe.
Director of Alumni and Development at the Mico University College, Sharon Wolfe (centre), provides details of activities for the institution’s Research Day 2015, slated for March 24 to 25, while addressing a JIS Think Tank on March 17. Listening are Acting Dean of the Faculty of Education, Mico University College, Rudolph Sewell (left); and Dean of the Faculty of Science and Technology, Professor Bermadee Briscoe.

Mico University to Share New Trends in Mathematics Education

The Mico University College will be presenting new techniques and developments in mathematics education at its annual Research Day slated for March 24 to 25 at the institution’s Kingston campus. The move is in keeping with the Ministry of Education’s...
Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (second right), along with Speaker of the House and Member of Parliament for South Manchester, Hon. Michael Peart (left), and Managing Director, National Education Trust, Yvonne Clarke (right), look on, as Japanese Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Yasuo Takase ( third right), presents a cheque for approximately $12 million to Board Chairman of the Campbell’s Castle All Age School in South Manchester, Carmen Ward, following the signing of a contract for renovation works at the school, during a ceremony at the Japanese Embassy on Oxford Road, in Kingston, on March 17.
Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (second right), along with Speaker of the House and Member of Parliament for South Manchester, Hon. Michael Peart (left), and Managing Director, National Education Trust, Yvonne Clarke (right), look on, as Japanese Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Yasuo Takase ( third right), presents a cheque for approximately $12 million to Board Chairman of the Campbell’s Castle All Age School in South Manchester, Carmen Ward, following the signing of a contract for renovation works at the school, during a ceremony at the Japanese Embassy on Oxford Road, in Kingston, on March 17.

All Age School in South Manchester to Benefit from $12 Million Grant
Students of the Lethe Primary and Infant School in Southern St. James at a ceremony recently, when computer tablets were presented to the students by past students of the school.
Students of the Lethe Primary and Infant School in Southern St. James at a ceremony recently, when computer tablets were presented to the students by past students of the school.

Lethe Primary Gets Computer Tablets from Past Students
Chief Education Officer at the Ministry of Education, Dr. Grace McLean, makes a point during a recent JIS ‘Think Tank’.
Chief Education Officer at the Ministry of Education, Dr. Grace McLean, makes a point during a recent JIS ‘Think Tank’.

Education Ministry to Address Male Learning Trend
Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (right), gives an update on the postponement of the Grade Six Achievement Test during a press briefing, held at Jamaica House on Monday, March 16. Listening (from left) are: Director General of the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), Major Clive Davis; Minister of State in the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Colin Fagan and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer.
Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (right), gives an update on the postponement of the Grade Six Achievement Test during a press briefing, held at Jamaica House on Monday, March 16. Listening (from left) are: Director General of the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), Major Clive Davis; Minister of State in the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Colin Fagan and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer.

GSAT Exam Rescheduled for March 26 and 27

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NPSC Urges Parents to Continue Support for GSAT Students

The National Parenting Support Commission (NPSC) is appealing to parents to continue to support and encourage their children in light of the postponement of the sitting of Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT). The NPSC noted that GSAT is a very stressful time for children and parents, which may result in the children becoming very nervous and this usually comes out...
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Ascot Students Sent Home

Ascot Infant, Primary and High schools in Portmore, St. Catherine, were closed this morning, due to an increase in smog in the area. The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) has reported that the smoke coming from the Riverton City disposal site has spread to sections of the Gregory Park, Waterford and Greater Portmore communities and to sections...
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Chief Education Officer, Ministry of Education, Dr. Grace McLean.
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Education Ministry Targeting 2017/18 Academic Year Roll Out of Primary Exit Profile

The Ministry of Education is targeting the 2017/18 academic year for roll out of the Primary Exit Profile (PEP), which is slated to replace the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT). Chief Education Officer, Dr. Grace McLean, says the PEP aims to assist in alleviating existing challenges associated with long distances traversed by secondary students to get to school, by introducing...
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Education Minister, the Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, gives his remarks at the third staging of the Ministry’s Mathematics Exposition held on March 12, at the Old Library grounds at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona campus.
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Improving Student Achievement in Math Critical – Thwaites

Education Minister, the Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, says improving student achievement in mathematics is critical to the country’s continued growth and development. “That is why over the past three years...there has been a wholehearted commitment ... to arrest the decline in our appreciation of mathematics and that we improve our methods of teaching, our understanding of the principles and eventually...
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