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KINGSTON — The skills of students of the Abilities Foundation in furniture making, horticulture, and agriculture were on display yesterday, at their annual Open Day, held at the institution, in Kingston. On show were products, such as scotch bonnet peppers and sauces; plants; cushions; pillows; handbags; and furniture, including stools, chairs and dressers. The event was held under the theme:...

KINGSTON — Minister of Education, Hon. Andrew Holness, has appealed to corporate Jamaica to join his ministry in advancing the Enrichment Centre initiative, designed to improve literacy and numeracy in primary schools.  Digicel Foundation, a non-profit organisation established by telecommunications company, Digicel, has been collaborating with the Ministry since 2009 to launch Enrichment Centres in 12 primary schools. The initiative...

KINGSTON — The Hugh Lawson Shearer Trade Union Education Institute (TUEI) opened a two-day conference to establish a road map for trade unions to ensure their “relevance and sustainability” at the Mona Visitors’ Lodge on Thursday (May 26). The conference is the Institute’s main contribution to the celebrations surrounding the annual Workers’ Week anniversary which ended on Labour Day, May...

MANDEVILLE — Manchester’s Porus High School honoured five retired teachers and Dr. Bert Mitchell, who established a scholarship fund to support the students over 35 years ago, at a special function on Tuesday (May 19), at the Golf View Hotel, Mandeville. The other honourees were: Bernice Hylton, retired Vice Principal, who served the school for 36 years; Arlene Bryan, 32...

MONTEGO BAY — Minister of Education, Hon Andrew Holness, wants the full force of the law applied to students guilty of violence against teachers. He was speaking to the media on Wednesday (May 25), during a visit to the Cambridge High School, St. James. The school was the scene of an altercation between a male teacher and a group of...

KINGSTON — A mathematics teaching module, piloted in six high schools over a three-year period, has significantly improved the test scores of students at the Caribbean Secondary Examination Certificate (CSEC) level. Designed by former principal of Campion College, Radley Reid, the teaching guide has garnered tremendous results, with some schools reporting percentage changes of over 100 per cent, and one...

KINGSTON — Mayor of St. Catherine, Andrew Wheatley, headed the list of eager volunteers, who turned out in their numbers to support the Labour Day parish project, which is the refurbishing of the Crescent Basic School in Spanish Town.  The scope of work include the overhaul of kitchen cupboards; repainting classroom ceiling; putting in new toilets; construction of a concrete...

OCHO RIOS — Scores of residents turned out at the Beecher Town All-Age School in Ocho Rios to support work at the facility, which was selected as the St. Ann parish project for Labour Day 2011. The scope of work, which involved the continuing construction of the school’s computer laboratory and cleaning up of the school yard, also saw the...

MANDEVILLE — Chief Education Officer in the Ministry of Education, Grace McLean, says the newly implemented National Student Registration System (NSRS) is geared towards the efficient use of resources and to ease registration challenges in the education system. She said that it will significantly reduce registration challenges experienced every year in the education system; speed up the registration process for...

MONTEGO BAY — Minister of Education, Hon. Andrew Holness, has said that transformation of the education system is well underway, as the Government is convinced that a highly skilled, productive and committed citizenry is an imperative to national success. “The Government of Jamaica has decided that the quality of education must not be compromised, despite national economic challenges. So, while...

MANDEVILLE — The Daisy Thompson Basic School, in Sangster's Heights, Clarendon, was refurbished on Labour Day (May 23), by many persons who turned out to participate in the parish project. Minister of Labour and Social Security, and Member of Parliament for North Central Clarendon, Hon. Pearnel Charles, told JIS News that he was satisfied with the effort at the school,...

PORT ANTONIO — The new Fruitful Vale Primary School, in Portland, was officially opened by Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen on May 18. The school replaces the old structure, which had served the community for several years and had fallen into disrepair. Built at a cost of $160 million under the Government’s Primary Education Support Project...