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A total of 1,000 primary school students are set to benefit from a summer programme organised to raise the educational achievement levels of under-performing students at the Grade Three level. The programme dubbed, Camp Summer Plus 2012, will commence on July 9 and end on August 10, and will be delivered at seven locations in three education regions across the...

The Ministry of Labour and Social Security will provide a total of 13 scholarships to tertiary students under the Programme of Advancement through Health and Education (PATH), valued at $10 million. This was disclosed by Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier, at the 2012 PATH Top Achievers/Scholars Awards Ceremony, held on July 4, at the Knutsford Court...

Some 96 students at the Allman Town Primary School in Kingston proudly collected their school leaving certificates on July 4 at a graduation ceremony held on the grounds of the St. Paul’s United Church on Lockett Avenue. Most of the graduates sat the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) and will go on to secondary school or placed in the Alternative...

The Ministry of Education has recruited some 16 additional specialist Spanish teachers from the Republic of Cuba for placement in a number of primary, secondary and tertiary institutions for the 2012/13 academic year, which begins in September. The teachers are scheduled to arrive in August. The recruitment has been facilitated by the renewal of the 16-year bilateral agreement on education...

As Government moves to provide more spaces for students at the secondary level, Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, on June 28 broke ground for construction of the Cedar Grove High School in Gregory Park, St. Catherine. The school, to be built at a cost of $660 million through funding from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), will accommodate...

Students at the Independence City Primary School in Portmore, St. Catherine, now have increased access to computer equipment, which is expected to enhance the literacy and numeracy programmes at the institution. The equipment, valued at US$15,000, was donated by the Embassy of Chile and  include lap top computers, printers, projectors, among others. Speaking at the official handing over ceremony at...

Ground has been broken for the construction of the Cedar Grove High School in Gregory Park, St. Catherine. Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller and Education Minister, Rev. the Hon. Ronald Thwaites, headed the list of officials who  took part in the ceremony, on June 28. The others were: Administrative Bishop of Jamaica and the Cayman Islands, Rev....

The Ministry of Education is taking action to get schools to reduce the long list of expensive textbooks distributed to students for the new school year. Minister of Education, Rev. the Hon. Ronald Thwaites, has said the Ministry is preparing a list of required texts for schools in September, to cover each subject area and for each grade, which will...

Had it not been for his decision to make use of training offered at the Workforce Education and Development (IWED) Omar Letford would not be the proud income-earner he is today. Armed with certification in Supervisory Management from the institute, the young man, previously unemployed and unskilled, has been transformed into a productive goal-oriented citizen. He said the training offered...

Three additional classrooms have been constructed at the Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI), at a cost of approximately $5.5 million. The classrooms have been donated by logistics shipping firm, Kingston Logistics Centre Limited (KLC), which utilised refurbished, modified used cargo containers to build them. There are now 16 classrooms serving the just over 1,000 students enrolled at the institution.    The...

Jamaica’s maritime security capacity is set to receive a boost with the official opening of the Caribbean Military Maritime Training Centre (CMMTC) on June 27, in Port Royal. The centre, which was born out of a partnership between Jamaica and Canada, was jointly opened by Minister of National Security, Hon. Peter Bunting and Canadian Minister of Defence, Peter MacKay, and...

The Prime Minister’s legacy project, the Jamaica 50th Anniversary Scholarship and Merit Awards programme, will be open for submissions on July 2, for undergraduate and post-graduate students who intend to pursue studies in areas considered to be of strategic importance. The Prime Minister’s legacy project, the Jamaica 50th Anniversary Scholarship and Merit Awards programme, will be open for submissions on...