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KINGSTON — Minister of Education, Hon. Andrew Holness, yesterday joined residents of Olympic Gardens in sprucing up the Balcombe Drive Primary and Junior High School located in the community. The school, which caters to 380 students, was cleaned and painted, with trees planted and other minor repair work done as needed. Minister Holness, who planted a Poui tree, said he...

MANDEVILLE — A total of 280 secondary school teachers, who successfully completed training under the e-Learning Jamaica Project, have received certification in basic computer skills, which will enable them to integrate information and communication technologies in their lesson plans. The teachers, from 16 schools across six parishes, were presented with their certificates at a graduation ceremony held last week at...

MANDEVILLE – Minister of Education, Hon. Andrew Holness has said that schools that have implemented the Ministry's security initiatives have begun to reap the benefits. "We have provided the resources, the previous administration took the bold step of placing school resource officers in schools… we advanced that process. We (have established) Deans of Discipline, we gave metal detectors to schools,...

KINGSTON — “Empowering our young people will make a difference in our community and country”, this was the theme for Thursday's (May 19) Career Day at Holy Family Primary and Infant School in Central Kingston, organised by its Guidance Counselling Department. The Principal, Cecille Palmer, noted that the theme was appropriate, since it spoke to the fact that, “whatever you...

PORT ANTONIO — The Minister of Education, Hon. Andrew Holness, says a decision has been taken to privatise the operation of tuck shops and canteens in public schools. He made the disclosure at a meeting of school board chairmen from the parishes of Portland and St. Mary on Wednesday (May 18) at the College of Agriculture Science and Education (CASE)...

KINGSTON — Residents of St. Thomas will be renovating the Spring Garden Basic School as the parish project for Labour Day,  Monday, May 23, being observed under the theme: ‘It takes a village to raise a child’. The work will include the re-roofing of the building and the construction of a kitchen, as outlined by the St. Thomas Labour Day...

Education Minister, Hon. Andrew Holness, has given stern instructions to school boards to carry out regular and extensive audits of their institutions, stating that investigations by the Ministry have found that school resources are not being managed efficiently. Speaking at a meeting with chairmen and selected members of school boards at the Immaculate Conception High School in Kingston on Thursday...

KINGSTON — Minister of Education, Hon. Andrew Holness is warning school officials not to discriminate against students receiving benefits under the Programme for Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH). Mr. Holness said the Ministry has received a number of complaints suggesting that some schools, especially at the primary level, have adopted the practice of giving students on the PATH specially...

KINGSTON — Approximately 9,376 students are currently enrolled in the Ministry of Education’s Career Advancement Programme (CAP), which is being undertaken in 58 schools islandwide. Providing an update on the programme during a consultation session at the Medallion Hall in Kingston on Friday, Technical Director, CAP, Dr. Janet Dyer, informed that of this figure, 5,466 are males, while 3,910 are...

KINGSTON — Teachers in secondary schools across the island are to benefit from an innovative scope and sequence teaching module, which promises to yield significant improvements in the Caribbean Secondary Examination Certificate (CSEC) Mathematics results. The Mathematics Scope and Sequence Teaching Module was handed over to Education Minister, Hon. Andrew Holness, at a ceremony at the National Commercial Bank’s (NCB)...

PORT ANTONIO — Delivery of healthcare and education in Western St. Mary has been boosted with the recent presentation of medical supplies and computer modems to health centres and schools in the constituency. The medical supplies, including wheelchairs, walkers, mattresses and blood pressure machines, were procured from Jamaicans living in Canada, while the computer modems were donated by Member of...

MANDEVILLE — Step-to-Work programme beneficiary, Tracey-Ann Henninghan, is lauding the initiative for putting her on a path to realising her dream of becoming a teacher. The 26 year-old resident of Thompson Town, Clarendon, is among 17 adults from the community and six others from Brandon Hill, St. Andrew, who recently completed an extensive training course under the initiative. The course...