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The Management Institute for National Development (MIND) is encouraging all Jamaicans to support the goals of the Public Sector Transformation process. In an interview with JIS News, Director of Business Development and Communication, Glynis Salmon, said participation from a wide cross section of society will assist the government in charting the way forward for the public sector. She stated that...

Prime Minister and Minister of Education, the Hon. Andrew Holness said part of the transformation of the economy has to be done through transforming the education system. He noted that the transformation by his Administration will involve making the education system more efficient and equitable in the coming year. The Prime Minister was speaking at yesterday's sitting of Parliament at the...

KINGSTON — The Institute for Social Entrepreneurship and Equity (I-SEE) will host its inaugural Social Entrepreneurship Conference and Awards Ceremony, on Thursday, November 24, on the New Kingston campus of the University College of the Caribbean (UCC). The conference, which will be under the patronage of the Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon Sir Patrick Allen, is being staged in...

KINGSTON — The Canadian Forces (Canada's armed forces) has assisted the HEART Technical School, East Bell Road, Kingston by repairing and replacing tools and equipment at a cost of nearly $200,000.   The school, operated by Operation Friendship in collaboration with HEART/NTA, was in dire need of new equipment and tools. Under the project, the men and women of the Canadian...

MONTEGO BAY — Approximately 200 students and teachers at the Sterling and Top Lincoln Early Childhood Institutions in  Grange Hill, Westmoreland, are to benefit from a donation of two freezers, costing  $100,000.00. The items were handed over by Councillor  for the area, Lawton McKenzie, at the sitting of the Westmoreland Parish Council, in Savanna-la-Mar, on November  10. The  money used...

KINGSTON — The Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ) has commenced a series of energy audits, which will involve some 140 primary schools islandwide, Group Managing Director, Dr. Mario Anderson, has informed He made the disclosure while addressing Thursday's (November 10) inaugural Dr. Raymond Wright Memorial Lecture, at the Mona Campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI), in St....

KINGSTON — Senior Advisor to the Minister of Education, Dr. Rebecca Tortello, has stressed the need for parents to become more involved in the education of their children. She said that the Ministry recognises that parents are the first, and in many cases, the most important teachers, and "in order for children to achieve success at school and success in...

KINGSTON — Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture, Hon. Olivia Grange, says that 16 schoolboys on the eight teams in the quarter-finals of the Social Development Commission's (SDC) National Twenty20 Community Cricket competition will get scholarships in 2012. Speaking at the competition’s awards ceremony on Wednesday (November 9) at the Knutsford Court Hotel, Kingston, Miss Grange said that the scholarships,...

KINGSTON — The Ministry of Education says 71.4 per cent of students who sat the Grade Four Literacy Test in June achieved mastery, an increase of 4.4 percentage points over the 2010 results. The results, revealed at a press briefing at the Ministry, Heroes Circle, Kingston on Wednesday (November 9), also showed that 19.6 per cent achieved almost mastery, while...

KINGSTON — St. Hugh's Preparatory student, Kathryn Gooden, was a picture of excitement and utter jubilation when she was announced winner of the inaugural Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Heritage Essay Competition, at King's House, on November 8. The pint-sized, nine-year-old copped the top prize  at the  awards ceremony, beating out more than 150 rivals. It was her exceptional essay, detailing...

KINGSTON — The teaching of Mathematics in Jamaica is set to receive a major boost through membership of Jamaica's educational institutions and teachers in the Commonwealth Association of Science Technology and Mathematics Educators (CASTME). The country's access to the facility was launched at the Mico University College, Marescaux Road Campus in Kingston on Friday, November 4. CASTME is a professional...

KINGSTON — Scores of students, teachers and parents from across the island, on November 3 benefitted from a parenting seminar held at the Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston. The event was part of a three-day youth forum, organised by the International Youth Fellowship (IYF), which is scheduled to end November 4. It is endorsed by the Ministry of Education...