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The Early Childhood Commission (ECC) in collaboration with the Canadian-based George Brown College on Monday (January 17) launched the ‘Best Practices DVD’ which is aimed at improving the learning, behaviour, developmental and coping skills for the 0-6 year old age group in Jamaica. Executive Director of the ECC, Winsome Johns-Gayle, said that the DVD brings to life the content of...

Minister of Education Minister, Hon. Andrew Holness, has denied suggestions that his Ministry is targeting schools connected to the leadership of the Jamaica Teachers Association (JTA) in its annual audits. “There is no grand scheme to audit schools that were once the workplace of presidents of the JTA. That’s not the intention of the Ministry of Education,” Mr. Holness told...

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Pearnel Charles, has called on Guidance Counsellors to assist students with making better career choices, as too many are sitting examinations in subjects areas already overrun with job seekers, or ones which are not relevant in the local and global world of work. Mr. Charles said that too many students are being encouraged...

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The Ministry of Education hails Dr. Leila Thomas and her contribution to literacy education and the library service in Jamaica.Dr. Thomas, who passed away at 88-years-old on Sunday, January 2, gave close to seventy years in professional and voluntary work to adult and literacy education and the library service.

A number of activities, aimed at encouraging young Jamaicans to display positive values, are being planned for this year by Students for Transformation (SFT), the youth arm of the National Transformation Programme. Chairman of the SFT, Howard Chamberlain, said the youth group will be staging its 'School Invasion,' again this year to sensitise students to the core values of the...

The Ministry of Education has received some 10,000 copies of the popular version of 'Vision 2030 Jamaica - National Development Plan', from the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ). The booklets, which were handed over to the Minister of Education, Hon. Andrew Holness, at the Ministry on January 4, would be distributed to public schools islandwide. Making the presentation, Director General...

The Jamaica Survey of Living Conditions is showing a near 11 per cent increase in the number of children who benefited from the Ministry of Education's School Feeding Program (SFP) in 2008, compared to 2007. The SFP, which forms an integral part of the Ministry's Welfare Program, assists in improving the nutritional status of students through the provision of meals....

The Black River High School in St. Elizabeth, on (December 14), honoured ten retired staff members for long service to the institution, at a special 'Evening of Love' held at the Everglades Conference Centre, in Parottee, in the parish. Gloating over the school's success in academics, sport and the performing arts, former Vice Principal of the institution, Everith McFarlane, who...

Wolmer's Boys' and Girls' high schools in Kingston have benefited from the generosity of their Alumni Association in Toronto, Canada, to the tune of C$50,000. "2010 has been a giving year for Wolmer's," said president of the Wolmer's Alumni Association, Mrs. Angella White-Smith. "Funds totaling $50,000 was provided to the schools to assist with the renovation of the library at...

The St. Elizabeth Parish Council awarded two nursing scholarships to Northern Caribbean University (NCU) students from the parish on (December 9). Outlining details of the scholarships, Mayor of Black River, Councillor Jeremy Palmer, said that eligibility depended on enrolling in an accredited programme of study and demonstrating need. For the student to remain eligible for the $300,000 support, they have...

The cheques for teachers' salaries of non bursar-paid schools, including retroactive sums, have been sent to the regional offices of the Ministry of Education. The sums for bursar paid schools were uploaded yesterday by the National Commercial Bank (NCB). Accounts in banks other than NCB are to be credited by 3:00 o'clock this afternoon. The cheques for the retroactive and...