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MONTEGO BAY — School supplies valued at $1.5 million have been presented to some 610 students from 28 inner-city communities in the parish of St. James. The items, which included bags and books, were handed over by the Peace Management Initiative (PMI) of St. James on August 30. “We are happy to know that as an organisation we are able...

MONTEGO BAY — Eighteen students from Hanover who have gained entry to high schools, colleges and universities in September, have been awarded scholarships by the Tryall Scholarship Fund valued at approximately $1.6 million. The scholarships were presented during a ceremony at the Tryall Hotel's Great House property on Wednesday August 24. The main presentation, the Louise Cullman Scholarship, was awarded...

KINGSTON — The Ministry of Education, in partnership with Intcomex Jamaica Limited, donated 25 Lexmark printers and three fax machines to five primary and secondary schools to better equip the institutions in time for the upcoming 2011/2012 academic year. The office equipment has been given to Belmont Academy, in Westmoreland; and Allman Town Primary School, Balcombe Drive Primary and Junior...

KINGSTON — Minister of Education, Hon. Andrew Holness, has underscored the need for parents to ensure their children are registered and attending school, particularly at the primary level. Speaking at the inaugural Courts Customer Scholarship awards ceremony recently, at the Knutsford Court Hotel, New Kingston, Mr. Holness highlighted the Ministry's concern that, up to the end of the 2010/11 academic...

KINGSTON — Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Audrey Sewell has informed that since implementation of the National Student Registration (NSR) system, over 51,000 students have been registered at the grade six level. Speaking at a press briefing at the Ministry’s Heroes’ Circle offices in Kingston on August 19, Mrs. Sewell also told journalists that approximately 40,000 students have...

KINGSTON — Minister of Education, Hon. Andrew Holness, says he will be examining the situation where developers of content for textbooks continue to influence the selection of booklists for primary and secondary schools each year. “This is something that I have to look at very carefully, because there could be a conflict of interest there, and that is not working...

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Audrey Sewell, has informed that Alternative Secondary Transitional Education Programme (ASTEP) centres have been established in some 192 selected Primary, All Age and Junior High Schools across the island. She said the centres were carefully selected based on geographical location, accessibility, space, availability and leadership, in order to ensure better utilisation of existing...

KINGSTON — The Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC) is reporting that this year, textbook prices have increased by an average of five per cent over July 2010, remaining below the inflation rate of 7.2 per cent. This represents a one per cent improvement over the similar period for 2009-2010, and four per cent over the previous period (2008-2009). Speaking at a...

KINGSTON — Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Audrey Sewell, says the Ministry is working assiduously to ensure that tuition and maintenance grants reach most educational institutions in time for the new school year, in September. Speaking at a press briefing at the Ministry, National Heroes Circle, Kingston, on Friday August 19, Mrs. Sewell said that as of August...

KINGSTON — Minister of Education, Hon. Andrew Holness has informed that approximately 3,000 students have been registered under the Alternative Secondary Transitional Education Programme (ASTEP) and are expected to commence classes in September.   Speaking to journalists during a press briefing at the Ministry's Heroes' Circle offices in Kingston on Friday August 19, the Minister raised concerns that there was...

KINGSTON — Minister of Education, Hon. Andrew Holness, is urging parents to follow the supplementary textbook list, which is endorsed by the Ministry, as they make purchases for the new academic year. “If parents follow that list, they will see the books that best, in the opinion of the Ministry, covers the curriculum. If you stick to that endorsed list,...

KINGSTON — Minister of Education, Hon. Andrew Holness, has announced that 17,400  students gained four subjects or more in the Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) results this year, 2,800 more than the 14,600 students  who passed more than four last year. Mr. Holness said with the number improving by almost 3,000 the public school system has added another 3,000 students this...