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KINGSTON — The Ministry of Education has partnered with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), to implement a Literacy Assessment Monitoring Programme (LAMP) to accurately assess literacy levels among Jamaicans. Jamaica is the first country in the Caribbean to put the project into effect, and the first to do it in English. Education Minister, Hon. Andrew Holness,...

Minister of Education, Hon. Andrew Holness, has called on parents to make sure that their children attend school regularly. “If you are experiencing difficulty, make the authorities aware. There is the PATH programme (to assist), and if you can’t send your children to school, at least make the Ministry of Education and the regional offices aware; we have a duty...

KINGSTON — Minister of Education, Hon. Andrew Holness, says that everything is in place for the Malvern Special High School in St. Elizabeth to accommodate students by the end of October. He said that all staff and other personnel have been hired.  “Everything that is needed is in place…we are just waiting on the work (construction of the building) to...

KINGSTON — Cabinet has approved two contracts valued at more than $62 million for construction and expansion works at two basic schools in St. Andrew and St. Catherine. This was announced on August 10 by Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz, at the weekly post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House. Alcar Construction and Haulage...

MONTEGO BAY — Operations Director at Noranda Jamaica Bauxite Partners (NJBP) in Discovery Bay, St. Ann, Delroy Dell, says the company will continue to partner with the Ministry of Education to improve education in the parish. “We at NJBP take education seriously and, as such, we want to ensure that we provide assistance to all levels of the education system,...

MONTEGO BAY — Thousands of students from primary schools across Jamaica are to benefit from an E-Learning Computer Project when the new academic year commences in September. Some 500 reconditioned computers will be distributed to primary schools under the initiative, which is being undertaken by the Rotary Club of Montego Bay Sunrise, with funding from Columbus Business Solutions (parent company...

KINGSTON — Cabinet has approved two contracts valued at almost $299 million for the procurement and distribution of textbooks for the 2011/12 academic year under the National Textbook Rental Scheme. This was announced on August 10 by Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz at the weekly post Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House. Companies...

MONTEGO BAY — Education Minister, Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Ministry is moving to address the problem of failing schools, noting that such institutions should not exist. Mr. Holness, who was addressing the Ministry's Region Six Back-to-School Conference in St. Ann on Tuesday August 9, said that for far too long, generations of students have been allowed to pass through...

KINGSTON — The School Feeding Programme will be further enhanced with Cabinet’s approval of two contracts for the supply of commodities for the upcoming school term. One contract valued at $97.08 million has been awarded to Palm Rose Commodity Limited, for the supply of 30,000 bags long grain rice, while the other worth $30.45 million has been awarded to Industrial...

MONTEGO BAY — Sixty one students from schools in St. Ann were recently awarded for their outstanding performance in the 2011 Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT). The awards ceremony, hosted by Noranda Jamaica Bauxite Partners, was held on August 9 at the Runaway Bay Heart Hotel, where the awardees were presented with certificates and scholarship grants of $25,000 each, to...

KINGSTON — Director General of the Jamaica Library Service (JLS), Patricia Roberts, says the organisation is working to improve the school library system, including addressing those institutions that have non-functional facilities. She was speaking on August 8 opening ceremony of the 40th Annual Conference of the International Association of School Librarianship (IASL) on the Mona campus of the University of...

KINGSTON — In the prevailing climate of budgetary constraints, the Ministry of Education is giving priority to those schools that are in urgent need of repairs, according to Director of Technical Services in the Ministry, Errol Golding. “We have identified schools that are in need of critical repairs in specific areas, including sanitation, water supply, electrical and roofing. The Ministry...