Reigning Lasco Principal of the Year, Mrs. Heather Murray, is challenging parents and teachers to begin playing a more active role in the lives of children, especially in the current situation where they are easily distracted. Speaking at a ceremony to honour two recently retired Holly Hill Primary and Infant School Teachers at the Dillion Bigwoods Holiness Church in Westmoreland,...

Residents of inner-city communities across the island, who have benefited from life skills training, are being urged to lead the process of change within their communities. Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell, issued the charge to graduates of the Jamaica Chamber of Commerce’s (JCC) Civic Affairs/Inner-city Development Committee Youth Leadership Programme, at a ceremony held on...

President of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Luis Alberto Moreno, on Thursday (December 18) toured the Jamaica German Automotive School (JAGAS) where he observed activities under the IDB-funded Steps to Work programme. The tour of the Maxfield Avenue institution was the first stop on Mr. Moreno’s itinerary of activities, following his arrival at the Norman Manley International Airport for a...

Executive Director of the National Parenting Support Commission (NPSC), Dr. Patrece Charles, has charged graduates of the body’s mentorship training programme to provide the best possible guidance and support for at-risk parents. “You’re going to be the spokesperson for the NPSC in the communities that you’re going to be assigned...we expect you to go out there and find those parents that...

Executive Director of HEART Trust/NTA, Dr. Wayne Wesley, says Jamaica’s attainment of viable and sustainable economic development is dependent, to a significant extent, on the country having an adequately trained workforce. He argues that over the last decade, there has been “increased realization” that for growth and development to occur, there needs to be “strong focus” on advanced skills training,...

Recently installed principal of G.C. Foster College of Physical Education and Sport in St. Catherine, Dr. Joyce Graham-Royal, says she is aiming to transform the institution into a university college. As part of the process, she said, a number of programmes will be improved and new ones introduced. “My first order of business is to start the process of transferring...

Chief Education Officer, Dr. Grace McLean, says the Ministry of Education is “heartened” by the positive feedback to the new suite of subjects incorporated into the national secondary schools’ curriculum, which students are currently taking in external examinations. These include Tourism, Digital Animation, and Entrepreneurship, which, she said, are among a set of “new generation” subjects introduced by the Caribbean...