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As Jamaica celebrates Peace Day today, March 1, the National Parent-Teacher Association of Jamaica (NPTAJ) is urging its membership to consider how they can help foster peace in schools and the wider society. “I urge our parents to reflect …in the hope that it will guide our future actions, for our schools, students and the NPTAJ. Parents and students alike...

Minister of Education, Hon. Andrew Holness, has assured staff at the St. Elizabeth-based Sydney Pagon Agricultural School that no decision has been taken regarding the institution becoming a department of the University of the West Indies (UWI). Speaking against the background of recent media reports, Mr. Holness told a press briefing on Friday, February 25, following a meeting with staff...

The talents of students at Maggotty High School, in St. Elizabeth, were on show last week, as the school staged a Jamaica Day celebration. Students rendered musical selections and took part in a fashion parade, with support from neighbouring schools. Principal Director of Culture in the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture, Sydney Bartley, said that Jamaica Day is a...

Minister of Education, Andrew Holness, praised the Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH) for helping to significantly increase enrolment in secondary schools. “We have seen in education a significant increase in enrolment of children particularly at the secondary level,” Minister Holness said. Minister Holness was participating in the monthly call in programme, Jamaica House Live, on February 23....

Chief Education Officer in the Ministry of Education, Grace McLean, said that Jamaicans need to develop a love and appreciation for mathematics, noting that the subject area is just as important as reading.   "Many Jamaicans do not love mathematics. In fact, there is almost a tacit agreement among Jamaicans that it is alright not to be good at mathematics....

Jamaica Day 2011 will be celebrated on Friday, February 25 with a potpourri of activities in schools islandwide under the theme - ‘Celebrating Jamaica: Feasting on our Heritage'. Director, Culture in Education Programme, in the Ministry of Education, Mrs. Amina Blackwood Meeks, told JIS News that, "Jamaica Day 2011, is for us, a very exciting project to be working on....

A National Comprehensive Literacy Programme (NCLP) has been developed and introduced to primary schools. The move is part of the thrust by the Ministry of Education (MoE) to achieve 100 per cent literacy at the primary level by 2015 and allow for students to successfully transition to secondary school. National Literacy Coordinator, Laurel Brent Harris, who made the disclosure during...

The Troy Primary School in Trelawny has received an educational boost, with the Jamaica Information Service (JIS), on Wednesday (February 16), donating books and other publications to the institution. The gift package included posters and a DVD on the national heroes and national symbols; posters of the Jamaican currency and coins, and Governors-General; and four books on Jamaica’s heritage and...

With Black History now an important part of the school curriculum, it has created the perfect opportunity for students to dig deep into their past, to learn about aspects of the Jamaican cultural heritage. Visitors to the Charles Town Maroons’ Museum and Safu Yard in the Buff Bay Valley, Portland, can get the thrilling experience of tracing the footsteps of...

Jamaica’s Consul General to Toronto, Seth George Ramocan, has urged Canadian students to go after their dreams. Mr. Ramocan was addressing hundreds of students at the Fletcher’s Meadow Secondary School in Brampton, Ontario, on Tuesday February 8, as part of their annual Black History Month assembly. Speaking on the theme: ‘Keep the Dream Alive’, the Consul General urged the students...

Minister of Education, Hon. Andrew Holness, says that efforts must be made to integrate computer technology into school curricula, to improve educational relevance and student learning outcomes, instead of simply focusing on CXC IT examination passes. In an address to hundreds of participants at the Caribbean Institute of Technology’s ICT Awareness Day Expo at the Montego Bay Civic Centre, Tuesday...

The Ministry of Education is introducing a new career development programme, which is expected to produce school leavers, who are better equipped for the labour market. Portfolio Minister, Hon. Andrew Holness, speaking at the official launch of National Career Development Awareness Week on February 9 at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston, explained that the programme will provide students with...