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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...

MONTEGO BAY — Minister of Education, Hon. Andrew Holness  says the Government's focus on the development of literacy is to build a new society, in which there will be “productive workers, participating citizens, caring parents and people who are meaningfully employed and engaged." He therefore called on teachers to prepare themselves for this most important challenge, which they must successfully...

MANDEVILLE — Sixty early childhood educators from the parishes of Clarendon and Manchester were, on Teacher’s Day (May 4), honoured by the bauxite and alumina company Jamalco, for their invaluable contribution to the education sector. At the function held at the Halse Hall Great House in Clarendon, the teachers were presented with plaques and gift packages in recognition of up...

More than 1,000 students are now enrolled at the Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI), with plans to increase that number to 3,000 in the near future, to provide personnel to work in the maritime industry. Minister of Transport and Works, Hon. Mike Henry made the disclosure during his presentation in the 2011/12 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives on May...

KINGSTON — The Ministry of Education has advised members of the public that the Grade Nine Achievement Test (GNAT) will be administered today, May 6. “Everything is in place for the examination and all the centres are ready.  Nine thousand six hundred and seventy five students are slated to sit the examination,” a release from the Ministry Thursday evening said.....