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

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...

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.

Improving Student Achievement in Math Critical – Thwaites

Chief Education Officer in the Ministry of Education, Dr. Grace McLean, says the Ministry has made all the necessary preparations for this year’s Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT), as she addressed a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’, on March 11.

All in Place for GSAT

Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (centre); and Internal Audit Executive, Jamaica National Building Society (JNBS), Tonya Grant (left), share the joy of 2014/15 Mathematics Teacher of the Year, Yanique Hall-Harriott of Christiana Leased Primary and Infant School in Manchester, after she was received the award during the presentation ceremony at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, New Kingston, on March 10.

Mathematics Teachers Encouraged to ‘Sharpen’ Their Skills

Students of the St. Andrew Technical High School are in light conversation just before the start of the Commonwealth Day 2015 Youth Forum held today (March 9), at the Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston. They are (from left): Jervorney Gordon; Lateesa McKenley; Daniel McLeod; Akeli Stampp; and Aaliyah Smith.

Govt Committed to Youth Development – PM

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UCJ Has Accredited Over 233 Programmes

The University Council of Jamaica (UCJ), as at March 2015, has accredited over 233 programmes and seven short courses. This comprises 207 programmes in more than 30 local universities, colleges and other learning institutions, and 26 programmes delivered in Jamaica by overseas institutions. Executive Director of the UCJ, Dr. Yvonnette Marshall, said the accreditation of programmes is in keeping with...

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Mathematics Exposition March 12

Thousands of primary and secondary school students from across the island will gather at the Old Library grounds at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona campus, on Thursday, March 12, for the third staging of the Ministry of Education’s Mathematics Exposition, beginning at 9:00 a.m. The exposition is the Ministry’s core activity for National Math Week, which...

Academic Dean at the All American Institute of Medical Sciences in Black River, St. Elizabeth, Dr. Sheila Campbell Forrester (left), in discussion with Chairman of the Board, Dr. Simon Clarke (right), at the institution’s inaugural graduation exercise on December 4.

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Healthy Start by First Off-Shore Medical School

The All American Institute of Medical Sciences (AAIMS), in Black River, St. Elizabeth, staged its inaugural graduation exercise on December 4, in which 19 Pre-Medical and 34 Pre-Clinical students graduated. The AAIMS, which is Jamaica’s first off-shore private medical school, opened in 2011 with an enrolment of six students. This was made possible after Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon....

Chief Executive Officer of the Jamaica Information Service (JIS), Mrs. Donna Marie Rowe (3rd left-second row), and Chairman of the JIS Advisory Board, Fae Ellington (4th left), with students who participated in the 2014 JIS Heritage Competition, and the inaugural Poster Competition, at an awards ceremony, held today (March 6), at King’s House, in St. Andrew.

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Students from Jessie Ripoll Primary and Ardenne High Top JIS Competitions

Students of Jessie Ripoll Primary, Orion Isaacs, and Ardenne High School, Juve McKenzie, scored big in the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) annual Heritage Essay Competition, and the inaugural Poster Competition, respectively. The two students placed first in the competitions, and received trophies, certificates, as well as cash prizes sponsored by corporate entities, at the 2014 awards ceremony, held today (March...

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev Thwaites (left), expresses sympathy to Donald Quarrie High School students, Danela Dyer (2nd left) and Alechia Phillips, at the death of their friend Kayalicia Simpson. At right is Principal of the School, Talbert Weir. The Minister addressed a special devotion at the school on March 5, for the late 14-year old student.

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Schools Urged to Support Parents in Raising Peacemakers

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, has called on schools to join with parents and guardians in raising a generation of peacemakers, who will shun acts of violence and war. He said there are too many elements in the society, who uplift violence and disrespect. “We, in the school, from the early childhood level cascading up to primary and...

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Ministry Saddened by Fiery Death of Three Students

The Ministry of Education is saddened by the tragic death of three students in a fire at their home in west Kingston on Friday morning. They are nine-year-old Abigail Reid, a student of Iris Gelly Primary School; 18-year-old Bebita Harris, a sixth-form student of Tarrant High School; and 15-year-old Lenardo Morris, a student of Excelsior High School in Kingston. Reacting...

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UCJ Celebrates Quality Assurance Week

The University Council of Jamaica (UCJ) will celebrate its 10th Annual Quality Assurance in Tertiary Education Week from March 8-13 under the theme: ‘The Changing Landscape of Tertiary Education: Challenges for Quality Assurance’. The week-long observance begins on Sunday, March 8 with a Thanksgiving Service at the Webster Memorial United Church in Kingston. On Tuesday, March 10, the Council will...