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KINGSTON — The Management Institute for National Development (MIND) has had an overwhelming turnout for the first session of its two-day course on procurement documents, said the institution’s Director of Public Service Capability Development, Ann-Marie Smith. She told JIS News that the agency was forced to turn away participants on Thursday morning (October 6) because the room was packed to...

The  5th of October each year marks a significant occasion in the teaching profession.  It is a day when societies world-wide are called upon to reflect upon the responsibilities that they have accorded teachers and the support that has been instituted to enable optimum performance of the profession. The Jamaica Teaching Council, its co-sponsors and partners are proud to salute...

KINGSTON — HEART Trust/NTA in a release Tuesday (October 4) says it has failed to identify any evidence of Jamaican employers asking for “browning” or light-skinned trainees for employment. "An extensive search of our records, as well as interviews with staff involved in the recruitment process, has failed to identify any evidence supporting such ‘browning’ requests," HEART Trust/NTA said in...

KINGSTON — Principal of the Convent of Mercy Academy (Alpha Academy), Guyanese-born Mackran Singh, is to receive the National Honour of Order of Distinction in the Rank of Officer (OD) on National Heroes Day, October 17, for his contribution to education in Jamaica. “To be recognized in this way by this great nation is a very humbling experience. I feel...

KINGSTON — Construction work at the Steer Town High School, in St. Ann, is expected to be completed soon, with Cabinet’s approval of a $270.85 million contract to D.T. Brown Construction. Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz, made the disclosure at the post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House. “The original contract was awarded to...

KINGSTON — Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture, Senator Warren Newby, says it is important to create second-chance learning opportunities for Jamaicans who have missed out on their first opportunity in the education system. "This is so because 70 per cent, or just about, of our first time job seekers do so without any certification. So...

KINGSTON — An initiative aimed at improving the literacy levels of Grade Three students in six primary schools across the island, through the introduction of music as a part of their curriculum, was launched today (September  28). Dubbed: ‘Music- Perfect Pitch for a Sound Education’, the initiative, which is a partnership between the Ministry of Education and First Global, will...

MONTEGO BAY — It is a proven fact that an educated nation will progress faster than one with a high level of illiteracy. At the micro level, the same applies for a region, a town or a district. With the introduction of numerous tertiary institutions in western Jamaica over the last five years, the latest being the University of Technology...

KINGSTON — The Jamaica Agricultural Society’s (JAS) 'Eat Jamaican' campaign, designed to improve the lot of the more than 200,000 local farmers while easing the pressure on the country’s food import bill, will be targeting students between six and 18 years of age this year. The announcement was made at the launch of the JAS “Eat Jamaican” Essay Competition, at...

KINGSTON — Six university students, who have excelled in their field of study, have been recognised by the IGL Group with scholarships amounting to over $3 million for the academic year 2011/12. The scholars, medical students, Kaydeen Morris, Romar Bent, Latoya Gayle, Michell Hunter and Matthew Lyew and nursing student, Trace-Ann Gooden, were presented with the Razai Azard Rahaman Scholarship...

KINGSTON — The International University of the Caribbean (IUC) presented 20 more scholarships to persons from across the island on Friday September 16. The scholarships, valued at $16 million in all, fall under the 5-year-old university’s Tertiary Tracks Scholarship programme, which is geared at addressing the under-representation of males at the tertiary level. They will each cover a four-year period....

Minister of Education, Hon. Andrew Holness, says there is need for proper education for all citizens, as the challenges facing  the society, such as  a lack of respect for law, order and uniformity, are not a police problem, but an education problem. He emphasised that the purpose of education is to inculcate compliance for order, rules and law, adding that...