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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...

Project for the Advancement of Childhood Education (PACE) Canada has adopted 28 basic schools in the last seven months, bringing the total number of basic schools adopted in Jamaica to 285. President of the organisation, Dr. Mary Anne Chambers, cited the figure at the group's recent annual Christmas Toy and Book Drive, held at the Jamaican Consulate General in Toronto,...

The Vere Technical High School in Clarendon, as part of its 50th anniversary celebrations this year, has launched two community initiatives to benefit the elderly and semi-literate persons. Making the announcement at a health fair for senior citizens held recently on the school grounds, Acting Vice Principal of the institution, Sadie Lewis, said that the literacy programme will empower persons,...

A fourth school in Jamaica will benefit from the Atlanta-based Integrity Children's Fund (Integrity) to the tune of US$7,000 (J$588,000) per year. The school, "Teamwork", located in Flankers, Montego Bay, received the first installment via a cheque for US $3,500 (J$294,000), presented to the principal, Dr. Winsome Oban, by Integrity's president, Major Karl Chambers, at their annual Christmas Benefit Concert...

The Ministry of Education had partnered with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) on a programme, which seeks to share knowledge and resources to improve education in Jamaica. The Jamaica Partners for Educational Progress - Community of Practice (CoP), which was launched at the Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston on Wednesday (December 15), is an informal knowledge...

Minister of Education, Hon. Andrew Holness, has said that the Ministry will be working with underperforming schools to develop programmes and provide resources to address deficiencies in instruction, as it redoubles efforts to achieve universal literacy by 2015. He added that schools will be assessed and held accountable following the results of next year's sitting of the Grade Four Literacy...