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When school re-opens in September 2012, some 4,800 new students will join the Alternative Secondary Transitional Education Programme (ASTEP). They will be the second batch of students to benefit from the intervention programme, which began last year. Project Director, Novelette Denton Prince, says Government has allocated some $200 million towards the ASTEP for the new academic year. She tells JIS...

Jamaica’s education system will be assessed at a symposium scheduled to take place on Thursday, July 19, at the Faculty of Education and Liberal Studies, University of Technology  (UTech),  beginning at  10:00 a.m. Being held under the theme: 'Jamaica's Education System:  a Degenerative or Progressive Legacy’, the symposium is one of a number of commemorative events being staged by UTech...

Jamaica's education system will be assessed at a symposium scheduled to take place on Thursday, July 19, at the Faculty of Education and Liberal Studies, University of Technology  (UTech),  beginning at  10:00 a.m. Being held under the theme: 'Jamaica's Education System:  a Degenerative or Progressive Legacy', the symposium is one of a number of commemorative events being staged by UTech...

Several of the island's Spanish teachers are participating in a six-day intensive training workshop aimed at optimising their skills in the language. The workshop, which began on Monday (July 9), is being conducted entirely in Spanish, and will expose the teachers with modern methodologies and new approaches to the teaching of the language. Speaking at the official opening of the...

Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. Arnaldo Brown, said he is committed to working with the Ministry of Education to provide quality education for the young people residing in his East Central St. Catherine constituency. Speaking during the 2012/13 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives earlier this week, Mr. Brown welcomed the recent groundbreaking for...

The Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation (KSAC) is currently in initial discussions with key stakeholders in the development area, towards the establishment of Papine as a University Town. This was disclosed by Minister of State in the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Colin Fagan, during his contribution to the 2012/13 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives,...

Forty students enrolled in the Early Stimulation Programme (ESP) will be graduating on July 11, at a ceremony to be held at the Apostolic Church of Jamaica, Kingston Gardens, beginning at 10:30 a.m. Director of the ESP, Antonica Gunter-Gayle, told JIS News that the ceremony will be in honour of the 40 students registered under the programme, who will be...

Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites is urging students to work towards higher levels of achievement in the critical subjects of English and Mathematics. "English Language is the language of professionalism.  It is the language of world trade and therefore, proficiency both in written and expressive English cannot be left to chance. There is no alternative… we have to change...

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...