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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...

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...