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A total of 65 students from inner city communities in Kingston and St. Andrew have benefited from scholarships totaling $1.3 million under the Jamaica Bankers' Association (JBA)/Area Four Police Civic Education Scholarship Fund. The presentations were made at an awards ceremony held on Thursday (September 23) at the Police Officers' Club on Hope Road. Commissioner of Police, Owen Ellington, congratulated...

A new Enrichment Room established at a cost of $6.1million and designed as a reading and mathematics resource centre to boost students' learning at the New Hope Primary and Junior High School, Whitehouse, Westmoreland was officially opened Thursday (September 23). The facility, which was set up through the joint efforts of the Ministry of Education and the Digicel Foundation, is...

Education Minister, Hon. Andrew Holness, says the government will revive its policy supporting the teaching of foreign languages in schools, to secure Jamaica's place as a viable trading partner with non-English speaking countries. Mr. Holness was addressing educators at the Foreign Language Workshop for Teachers at the Caenwood Centre, Kingston Friday (September 24). He said that, as part of this...

The Government, through the Ministry of Education, has forwarded a submission to their Chinese counterparts, seeking grant funds amounting to approximately US $7 million, to build 17 additional early childhood infant schools. Education Minister, Hon. Andrew Holness, says this will form part of the administration's thrust to increase the number of government-run infant schools islandwide, which currently stands at 31....

The House of Representatives has adopted a report from the Electoral Commission of Jamaica (ECJ) seeking an amendment to the Electoral Commission (Interim) Act, to make provision for the ECJ's entrenchment in the Constitution. Moving the resolution, Minister of Education and Leader of Government Business, Hon. Andrew Holness, pointed out that the recommendation for the entrenchment was an important change...

The youth outreach arm of the National Transformation Programme (NTP) is now operating in some 15 schools across the island. This was disclosed by Director of Development, Planning and Monitoring with the NTP, Fabian Brown, at a recent JIS 'Think Tank'. "The Students for Transformation (SFT) are in Kingston, St. Andrew, St. Catherine and St. Ann. The idea is to...

The Citizen Security and Justice Programme (CSJP) has awarded scholarships to 1,861 high school and tertiary students from volatile communities, as the Ministry of National Security intensifies its crime prevention efforts by pushing education. The beneficiaries are from 27 areas, including 1,400 from the Kingston Metropolitan Area, and 461 from St. James and Westmoreland. Presentations were made to the over...

The governments of Jamaica and Brazil on Thursday (September 23) signed a contract worth approximately US$5 million for the expansion and refurbishing of the Portmore branch of the HEART Trust/NTA in St. Catherine. Minister of Education, Hon. Andrew Holness, during a press briefing at the Ministry's office in Kingston, signed the bilateral agreement on behalf of the government while Ambassador...

Director General of the Maritime Authority of Jamaica, Rear Admiral Peter Brady, says his organisation is working closely with the Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI) to ensure that students trained as seafarers at the CMI, are adequately prepared to meet the demands of the ever advancing technological inputs within the maritime industry. Speaking at an Open Day at the CMI, Port...

Painting St. Anne's High School in West Kingston, school invasions and a games day at Alpha Boys' Home, are among activities planned for Students For Transformation (SFT) Week, scheduled to begin on October 3. The activities will be spearheaded by members of the SFT, under the theme, "True Transformation begins with You and Me." SFT is the youth arm of...

Present and past students, teachers and parents turned out in their numbers Tuesday (September 21) to celebrate St. Andrew High School for Girls' 85th anniversary, under the theme "Living the Vision - Changing the World." As part of the commemoration, the school officially opened the new Cecelio Park, a landscaped green space with flora, waterfall, gazebos and inspirational messages created...

There is a wind of change blowing through the education system and it is being led by a number of stalwart and dedicated educators with an eye for excellence and forward thinking. Teachers at a number of primary schools throughout the island are working smarter by using familiar teaching methods in a new setting to reap tangible results. The educators...