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MANDEVILLE – Minister of Education, Hon. Andrew Holness, is urging parents, whose children are placed in the Alternative Secondary Transitional Education Programme (ASTEP) to provide them with the necessary support to get them to the required standard. The Minister, who was addressing a sensitisation session on the programme at the Bishop Gibson High School in Mandeville on March 17, said...

MONTEGO BAY – School administrators are being urged to re-evaluate the methods being employed in the teaching of mathematics in the classroom, in order to improve student achievement in the subject and overall standards in the country. "Schools and principals need to sit and analyze how the subject is being taught as against how it should be taught," said Director...

The Ministry of Education shares in the grief now being experienced by the family of Jeremiah Yson, a grade four student at St. Peter and Paul Preparatory School, who died yesterday (Thursday, March 17) under tragic circumstances. The Ministry extends condolences to the teachers, administrative staff and the entire school family as they mourn the loss of one of their...

Cabinet has approved the addition of 4,000 children in government pre-primary institutions to the Programme for Advancement Through Health and Education's (PATH) Nutritional Support Programme. This will ensure that PATH beneficiaries, who attend government infant schools and infant departments, officially receive PATH nutritional support, boosting their nutritional status, their capacity to learn and school attendance. Minister with responsibility for Information,...

Former Prime Minister and newly installed Chancellor of the University of Technology (UTech), the Most. Hon. Edward Seaga, has said that the country's economic and social advancement depends on education, which he says, "remains the only substantial base for new growth". "If we want more good news on the job front then we must make more investment in education. Education...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding has urged the community of Brandon Hill, Clarendon to protect their new infant school because education is their way to progress. "Protect your school...this is the community's property, this is the community's institution. It is the community's ladder to prosperity and success," the Prime Minister said. Mr. Golding was speaking yesterday morning March 17 at the official...

KINGSTON – The Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO) held its inaugural National Poster Competition award ceremony last week with top honours going to Yanque Yip of Knox College High School in Clarendon. Yip, who was also adjudged as having the best illustration, was among eight students from schools across the island, who were presented with trophies and certificates of participation at...

TORONTO – Principal of Jamaica College (JC), Ruel Reid, has said that the transformation at the institution is not only a model for leadership and change in the education system, but also as a recipe for national development. Speaking to patrons attending the 23rd annual fundraising dinner and dance of the JC Old Boys’ Association of Canada (JCOBACA), Mr. Reid,...

MANDEVILLE - The St. Elizabeth Parish Council plans to review the delivery of education in the parish,  at its next monthly meeting, in April. The Council is to receive a status report from personnel at the Ministry of Education, on how students in the parish are progressing in terms of examinations administered by the Ministry. Mayor of Black River, Councillor...

KINGSTON - Minister of Education, Hon. Andrew Holness, says that as the Government increases the use of technology in education, teachers will have to embrace a change in their role in the classroom. “Technology has changed the power structure...in the classroom...so the students have almost as much knowledge as the teacher...So the role of the teacher has changed. The teacher...

Westwood High School in Trelawny has reopened, after being closed temporarily. Boarders started returning to the school Thursday (March 10) and day students are expected to turn out for classes Friday (March 11).  School is expected to be in full swing Friday. The school was closed by the Ministry of Education, after the Trelawny Health Department was alerted to an...

Residents of Middleton, St. Thomas, are gearing for the annual Sports Day at Middleton Primary School, on Tuesday, March 8. The best performers from the event will run against other schools in the parish, in two rounds of competition for a place to represent St. Thomas in the finals at the National Stadium in May. The 116-year-old school, with some...