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Residents of August Town, St. Andrew are benefiting from a parenting workshop, through which they will learn skills to help steer their children away from criminal activity. The five-week workshop, dubbed: ‘Parents Against Violence’, is organised by the Citizen Security and Justice Programme (CSJP) in collaboration with the Greater August Town Parenting Association (GATPA) and the University Township Project. At...

Education Minister, Rev. the Hon. Ronald Thwaites, is urging the Salvation Army to have its training programmes accredited with the University Council of Jamaica (UCJ). “It is not just in the classics or the sciences that we need to recognize the intellectual excellence. All of those things are arid and not very useful to humanity unless they have as their...

It’s every student’s dream. A game that helps them prepare for exams, while winning rewards and cool prizes at the same time. That’s the concept behind the recently launched website, EduFocal. An interactive learning community, aimed at assisting students to become better prepared for the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) and the Caribbean Secondary Examination Certificate (CSEC), using the popular...

Education Minister, Hon. the Rev. Ronald Thwaites, says the Government is committed to taking the measures necessary to enhance mastery in Mathematics and Science, particularly among the nation’s students. This, he said, includes giving consideration to recruiting specialist teachers to assist in identifying areas in which students are deemed weak, in order to strengthen these weaknesses. Speaking at the opening...

Minister of Education, Hon. the Rev. Ronald Thwaites, has informed that the findings of the assessment team on the curriculum and method of testing for the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT), should be ready within another eight months. Making the disclosure at a press briefing on the GSAT, at the Office of the Prime Minister, on March 19, the Minister...

The Ministry of Education is expressing confidence in its readiness for administering  the highly anticipated Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT), on March 22 and 23. Speaking at a press conference on the upcoming GSAT, at the Office of the Prime Minister, on March 19, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Grace McLean, reported that timetables have already been disseminated to students,...

Minister of Education, Rev. the Hon. Ronald Thwaites, is urging students sitting the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) to accept the secondary school in which they are placed, and to excel. This, he said, as the standards of all secondary schools are improving, with many of the newer institution doing “very well”. In addition, he noted, the GSAT scores have...

Minister of Education, Rev. the Hon. Ronald Thwaites, said that technical and vocational training are paramount in developing a well-rounded workforce with the capability to meet the demands of the global job market and contribute to nation building. “The statistics tell us that some 80 per cent of the employment opportunities in this generation and more in the next generations...

Minister of Education,   Hon. the Rev. Ronald Thwaites, says for the education system to further flourish and develop, it is critical that stakeholders begin to look beyond the traditional methods of teaching to effectively engage students. “What is quite clear, as we look across the educational enterprise in the world and in Jamaica, is that we have to device new...

Students from eight schools across the island have so far participated in a School Outreach Programme organized by the Broadcasting Commission of Jamaica (BCJ). Implemented in September 2011, the programme is designed to sensitise students about developments in the local broadcasting industry; new media such as social networks, text messaging, blogs and the impact on broadcasting; the switchover from analogue...

Education Minister, Rev. the Hon. Ronald Thwaites, has emphasised the pivotal role which Parent-Teacher Associations (PTAs) play in the development of the country’s education  system. Addressing a meeting of  the PTA at Jamaica College (JC) on March  12, Rev. Thwaites contended that PTAs  are  “most central” to educational transformation in Jamaica. He pointed out that  the role of teachers is...

She’s soft-spoken, shy and unassuming. But it would be a big mistake to underestimate the academic prowess and determination of this petite 17-year-old. With distinctions in 11 subjects at the Caribbean Secondary Examination Certificate (CSEC), you would think Miltonia Thompson is anxious to brag about her accomplishments, but the Mannings School student remains modest, placing the credit squarely on the...