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Approximately 10,000 students from 80 high schools will benefit from the Grade Seven Intervention Programme (GSIP), which was launched on Tuesday (November 2) by the Core Curriculum Unit of the Ministry of Education, at the Caenwood Auditorium, Kingston. GSIP, when it kicks off in schools on Monday, November 8, will provide strategic support to Grade Seven students who received cut...

The Meteorological Service has reported that the Hurricane Watch which has been in effect for Jamaica has now been downgraded to a Tropical Storm Watch. With this new development the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) and the Ministry of Education (MOE) have decided to continue to monitor the weather system and will advise the public by noon...

Jamaica's Ambassador to the United States, Her Excellency Audrey P. Marks, is calling on Caribbean Americans to become fully engaged, and invest in their children's education. She noted that, otherwise, even brilliant children risk falling through the cracks in the education system of their adopted country. Ambassador Marks was addressing Caribbean Americans on Sunday (October 31), at an education rally/conference...

Teaching was not her first choice of a profession, but 2010 LASCO/Ministry of Education Principal of the Year, Pauleen Reid, has no regrets about her decision to enter the classroom. Principal of the Year, Pauleen Reid, of Holland High School, in Trelawny, proudly displays her trophy, which was presented to her during the LASCO/Ministry of Education Teacher and Principal of...

Teaching was not her first choice of a profession, but 2010 LASCO/Ministry of Education Principal of the Year, Pauleen Reid, has no regrets about her decision to enter the classroom. Principal of the Year, Pauleen Reid, of Holland High School, in Trelawny, proudly displays her trophy, which was presented to her during the LASCO/Ministry of Education Teacher and Principal of...

A clear indication has been given by Government that it will support the establishment of a central aerospace academy by the Caribbean Aerospace College (CAC), which will be operating out of the Vernamfield complex in Clarendon. Minister of Education, Hon. Andrew Holness, told JIS News Wednesday (October 27) that there was a confluence of interests in the project, and government...

The Jamaica Intellectual Property Office (JIPO), in collaboration with the Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property (IPI), will be hosting a public lecture and panel discussion at the Norman Manley Law School, UWI, Mona, on November 3. The event is part of efforts to sensitise the public and local interests on geographical indications (GIs) and how Jamaica can practice and...

Minister of Education, Hon. Andrew Holness, has clarified that the Ministry spent approximately $11 million to renovate and equip its canteen and not $27 million as was claimed in a recent CVM television report. At a press conference today (November 1) at the Office of the Prime, the Minister sought to correct the error on the part of the media...

Minister of Education, Hon Andrew Holness, says the parenting of boys remains a major concern for his Ministry. Speaking at the official launch of Parent Month 2010, at Jamaica House, Friday (October 29), Mr. Holness said one of the manifestations of the weakness in the parenting of boys is in their general underperformance in school. He noted that data has...

Minister of Education, Hon Andrew Holness, is discouraging parents from allowing economic and other pressures to get in the way of spending quality time with their children. "Our children are the future and if we allow the difficulties of today to make it impossible for us to bring up our children in the right way, then our future will be...

Minister of Education, Hon. Andrew Holness, has said that while tertiary financing needs urgent reform, the Government has to ensure that borrowers do not default on their debts to the Student's Loan Bureau (SLB). Mr. Holness was addressing the House of Representatives on (October 26) on the issue of the guarantor system for SLB loans, which Member of Parliament of...

Education Minister, Hon. Andrew Holness, is assuring parents that the new registration system, with the accompanying questionnaire, is not a ploy by the government to pry into the lives of citizens, but a genuine strategy to improve data collection and student satisfaction in the education system. "I want to state categorically that the purpose of the Ministry of Education is...