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KINGSTON - Minister of Education, Hon. Andrew Holness, says that as the Government increases the use of technology in education, teachers will have to embrace a change in their role in the classroom. “Technology has changed the power structure...in the classroom...so the students have almost as much knowledge as the teacher...So the role of the teacher has changed. The teacher...

Westwood High School in Trelawny has reopened, after being closed temporarily. Boarders started returning to the school Thursday (March 10) and day students are expected to turn out for classes Friday (March 11).  School is expected to be in full swing Friday. The school was closed by the Ministry of Education, after the Trelawny Health Department was alerted to an...

Residents of Middleton, St. Thomas, are gearing for the annual Sports Day at Middleton Primary School, on Tuesday, March 8. The best performers from the event will run against other schools in the parish, in two rounds of competition for a place to represent St. Thomas in the finals at the National Stadium in May. The 116-year-old school, with some...

Executive Director of the Jamaica 4-H Clubs, Lenworth Fulton, has appealed to parents and children to play their part in the education process, so as to be successful in life. Addressing the St. James 4-H parish Achievement Day, at the Caribbean Christian Centre for the Deaf, in Granville, St. James, recently, Mr. Fulton emphasised that administrators, teachers, parents and students...

Minister of Education, Hon. Andrew Holness says the Principal and Vice Principal at the St. Elizabeth based Balaclava High School, are working together, and that teachers at the institution have committed to ensure that stability is maintained at the school. The Minister went to the school on March 4, on fact-finding visit to ascertain the level of progress, after concerns...

Minister of Education, Hon. Andrew Holness, is appealing to private sector stakeholders to partner with the Government to construct more secondary level institutions to complement the existing cadre of schools serving the nation’s children. “I’m throwing it out to our business class, our elites, to start thinking seriously about investing in a school, creating a school,” Minister Holness implored. He...

Measures to control and prevent the spread of Cholera were highlighted at a community meeting hosted jointly by the Portland Health Department and the Port Antonio regional office of the Jamaica Information Service (JIS), Windsor Castle, Portland on Monday, February 28. The meeting was held as part of a public education drive to sensitise communities to the dangers of the...

Over 200 exuberant Calabar High School students heard messages of peace, through music and motivational talks, during the Students For Transformation’s (SFT) “Peace & Respect for All @ Champs & Always!” School Tour, at the school on Friday (March 4). Motivational messages were delivered by Miss Jamaica World 2010, Chantal Raymond, and Miss Jamaica World 2005 and Managing Director of...

An Alternative Secondary Transition Education Programme (ASTEP) has been established to assist primary school students, who are performing below grade level and continue to fail the Grade Four Literacy Test. Making the announcement in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (March 1), Education Minister, Hon. Andrew Holness, said that the intervention has become necessary in light of the number of...

Students and staff of Constant Spring Primary and Junior High School in Cassava Piece, St. Andrew are benefitting from a more comfortable learning environment, with the handing over of a new Grade One classroom block at the school Wednesday (March 3). The project, funded at a cost of just over $28 million by the European Union under its Poverty Reduction...

Minister of Education, Hon. Andrew Holness, has called on educators and school administrators to harness the creative talents of young Jamaicans for the economic development of the country. He said Jamaica has a number of skilled young musicians, artists, and playwrights, and the question is how to package those talents and sell them to the world for the benefit of...

The National Council on Drug Abuse (NCDA) has developed a programme specifically designed to educate children on the effects of substance or drug abuse. The Resistance Education Against Drugs (READ) is one of several programmes being rolled out by the Council, as it intensifies its effort to keep members of the public informed on drug abuse and its impact. READ...