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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...

Minister of Education, Rev. the Hon. Ronald Thwaites, is encouraging students to utilise the services of libraries, especially during the summer holiday, to keep their minds occupied. He said even though some students may be going to summer school during the holidays, the libraries islandwide are integral, as they contain a wide array of books which cater to all age...

"Changing Lives Forever" - This is what the Jamaican Foundation for Lifelong Learning (JFLL) is doing through its various adult and youth education programmes.  As an organisation on a mission, the JFLL seeks to ensure an educated adult population empowered through lifelong learning opportunities. The organisation is best known for the programmes it offers in basic literacy and numeracy to...

The Caribbean Examination Council (CXC), today  (June 22), launched the first in its series of CXC Study Guides, tailored for high school students across the region, preparing to sit the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC), Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE), and Caribbean Certificate of Secondary Level Competence (CCSLC) examinations. The publications, which have been undertaken in collaboration with British Publishing...

Approximately 300 primary schools across the island are to be provided with high speed Internet service, free of cost, over the next three years. This will be facilitated through partnership between the Government and the LIME Jamaica Foundation. The project will be undertaken in phases with about 100 schools to benefit this year. Speaking at the press conference at LIME’s...

Primary and junior high school students from five pilot schools, are to be trained to operate school radio stations, which will be established for the creation and dissemination of media content. The initiative is part of the Media Literacy Project of the Broadcasting Commission of Jamaica (BCJ), which is now in its third phase.   Executive Director of the BCJ,...

The Ministry of Education intends to table three Bills in Parliament as part of the Government’s legislative programme for 2012/13. These are: the National Parenting Support Commission Bill, 2012; the Tertiary Commission Bill 2012; and the Jamaica Teaching Council Bill (JTC), 2012. Portfolio Minister Rev. Ronald Thwaites, who made the disclosure during his contribution to the Sectoral Debate in the...

Minister of Education, Rev. the Hon. Ronald Thwaites, is urging the nation to concentrate on early childhood education, as “getting it right the first time” is critical to students’ development and academic success. Speaking at the Jamaica House press briefing, held at the Office of the Prime Minister, on June 20, Rev. Thwaites said the sector is being redefined, to...

Minister of Education, Rev. the Hon. Ronald Thwaites, is urging parents to pay the necessary auxiliary fees being charged by administrators in Secondary Schools. He informed that the Government currently provides an amount of $11,500 for the direct tuition for each child in the public secondary school system, but this is not enough  to meet the total needs of the...

The much-anticipated results of the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) for 2012 were published on June 20, with some 43,300 students placed in secondary schools across the island. A release issued at the Jamaica House press briefing on Wednesday June 20, by Minister of Education,  Rev. the Hon.  Ronald Thwaites, indicated that the examination was conducted in 1,012 schools, and...

Special focus is being placed on the development of early childhood education in South St. Andrew. Minister of Transport, Works and Housing and Member of Parliament for the area, Dr. the Hon. Omar Davies, has introduced a BASICS Initiative, which seeks to foster best practices throughout the 28 basic schools in the area. Speaking in the 2012/2013 Sectoral Debate in...