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Executive Director of the National Parenting Support Commission (NPSC), Dr. Patrece Charles Freeman, speaking at the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’, held on August 14 at the agency’s head office on Half-Way Tree Road, in Kingston.

Fathers Encouraged to Attend Information Fairs

Parents, especially fathers, whose children will be attending secondary schools in the new academic year, are being encouraged to attend the Education Ministry’s parent information fairs. The fairs are being organised by the Ministry of Education through the National Parenting...

Minister of Education Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (second left), emphasizes a point while outlining details of the 2013 Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examination results, during a press briefing at the Ministry’s National Heroes Circle offices in Kingston on Monday (August 12). Listening keenly, from left, are Ministry officials: National Mathematic Coordinator, Dr. Tamika Benjamin; Permanent Secretary, Elaine Foster Allen; and Chief Education Officer, Grace McLean.

Jamaica Records Increases in 2013 CSEC Examinations

Recipients of Tryall Fund Scholarships along with members of the Board, at the scholarship awards ceremony, held at the Tryall Great House in Sandy Bay, Hanover, on August 8. A sum of $4.2 million was disbursed to students from high schools, colleges and tertiary institutions for the upcoming school year.

36 Students Receive Tryall Scholarships

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (right), listens to a concern being raised by trainee teacher of the Mico University College, Chevelle Crosdale (left), at a job fair for unemployed teachers hosted by the Ministry at its National Heroes Circle location in Kingston, August 13. At second left is trainee teacher, Shortwood Teachers’ College, Shelly-Ann Willis.

Education Minister Encourages Trainee Teachers to Volunteer

Representatives of the St. James Parish Library, Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB), and Blue World Travels, engage in sorting out the over 1000 books that were presented by passengers of the Cruise Ship, Festival at Sea, for students across western Jamaica, after the vessel docked in Montego Bay, St. James, last week. The donations, which were facilitated through United States-based Blue World Travels, were handed over to representatives of the Ministry of Education and JTB, during a brief presentation ceremony at the Montego Bay Cruise Ship Terminal.

Students to Benefit from International Children’s Book Drive

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Plans Far Advanced to Convert Basic Schools

Chief Education Officer in the Ministry of Education, Mrs. Grace McLean, says the Ministry will be advancing plans for the conversion of basic schools into infant departments. “We have 50 such schools that are in an advanced stage of readiness to become infant departments, which would be a part of primary schools in September,” Mrs. Mclean informed. She was speaking...

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Mathematics Initiative Earmarked for September

The Ministry of Education will be implementing an intensified mathematics programme come the start of the 2013/14 academic year in September. This initiative aims, among other things, to boost Jamaica’s performance in the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) mathematics examinations. The intervention, to be undertaken over the short to medium term, is intended to ensure that persons teaching mathematics have...

13 years ago Education

Decisive Action for Students’ Academic Challenges Urged

Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, is urging principals and other high school administrators to ensure that literacy or numeracy challenges which new students entering their institutions may have, are addressed as a matter of priority. “When you go in with the grade seven students in September...spend the time to get to know them and if there are weaknesses in...

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Top GSAT Students Awarded Petrojam Scholarships

Two students of the Greenwich All-Age School in Kingston, Romario Rowe and Chanel McGregor, who performed outstandingly in this year’s Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT), have been awarded five-year scholarships valued $300,000 each towards their secondary education by state oil refinery, Petrojam Limited. Both youngsters, whose results topped their school’s list of GSAT candidates, will each receive $60,000 per year...

13 years ago Education

NPSC to Host Information Fairs in August

The Ministry of Education, through the National Parenting Support Commission (NPSC), will host a series of Information Fairs during the month of August, under the theme: ‘Surviving the Transition to Secondary School’. These fairs are being staged to provide assistance to parents whose children will be attending secondary schools in the new academic year. The first in the series will...

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Education Ministry Collaborating to Repair Schools

The Ministry of Education is collaborating with a number of entities to ensure that schools in need of repairs are ready before the start of the 2013/14 academic year, which begins in September. Speaking to journalists following a meeting of the Rotary Club of downtown Kingston at the Hotel Four Seasons in Kingston, on August 7, Portfolio Minister, Hon. Rev....

13 years ago Education

Jamaicans Urged To Increase Hurricane Preparedness

With the 2013 hurricane season approaching its most active period, Jamaicans are being urged to increase their preparedness efforts. Predictions given in May were for an overly active 2013 season with a 70 per cent likelihood of up to 17 named storms and as many as 10 developing into hurricanes. Speaking in an interview with JIS News, Acting Director General...