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Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, has commended the National Parent Teachers' Association of Jamaica (NPTAJ), saying that it has helped parents to better contribute to their children's education and overall development. "With the formation of the NPTAJ five years ago, a medium was created that would facilitate greater partnership among parents, teachers and the school community....

Residents of Mount Pleasant and adjoining communities, in Portland, were able to access the many services offered by Government agencies, at a Youth Empowerment Fair, held recently at the Mount Pleasant Health Centre. Investigator at the Portland Health Department, Dorrett Norrine (right), conducts blood sugar tests on Iris Samuels, a resident of Mount Pleasant, at a recent Youth Empowerment Fair,...

Minister of Health, Hon. Rudyard Spencer and Minister of Education, Hon. Andrew Holness, presented with a video promoting the Kiwanis Environmental Health and Learning Initiative (KEHLI), during a ceremony at the Cabinet Office, in Kingston, on Monday, July 12. An initiative of the Kiwanis Club of New Kingston, the KEHLI is aimed at improving the learning environment of urban schools....

Government's plan to encourage more Jamaicans to become proficient in Spanish is fast becoming a reality with the help of some 43 Cuban teachers, who have been teaching the language at primary, secondary and tertiary institutions in the island. Over the past 13 years, there have been some 238 Cuban teachers in almost every parish offering their services for a...

From July 12 to 31, the Ministry of Education (MOE) will host a summer camp for young persons of West Kingston, who have been affected by the recent joint police/military operations in that area. This was disclosed by Assistant Chief Education Officer in the Guidance and Counselling Unit of the Ministry of Education (MOE), Fern McFarlane during an interview with...

Southern Regional Director of the Child Development Agency (CDA), Grace Ann McFarlane, has called on students to plan their future and to develop character traits that can bring them to success. Delivering the keynote address at the graduation ceremony of Balaclava High School, St. Elizabeth on Thursday (July 1), she said that as the students closed one chapter of their...

Plans are advanced for the implementation of the second phase of the Cuban Literacy programme 'Yes I Can' in St. Mary, aimed at improving the literacy rate in the parish. The English equivalent of the 'Yo Si Puedo' literacy initiative in Cuba, the programme is designed for persons in English-speaking countries, and is part of an on-going educational cooperation agreement...

The Jamaican Government is moving to expand opportunities for applications/vocational-based education at the tertiary level, as it seeks to provide more options for training outside of the academics and meet the certification needs of persons pursuing careers in the technical fields. Education Minister, Hon. Andrew Holness, has said that the move will also ensure that once secondary students leave the...

Education Minister, Hon. Andrew Holness, has said that the Government is looking to increase the capital base of the Students' Loan Bureau to enable more students to access tertiary education. He said that the current capital of under $3 billion is "just not enough" and that about $20 billion is required to adequately meet needs. "We need to expand the...

Prime Minister of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, Hon. Kamla Persad-Bissessar, on a visit to the St. Andrew High School for Girls in Kingston Thursday (July 8), lauded the Principal and students for upholding its traditionally high standard of excellence. Mrs. Persad-Bissessar, taught English and History at the local school, between 1974 and 1976 after graduating from the University...

The Ministry of Education is advising all high schools that there should be no increase in the auxiliary contributions students paid last year. Minister of Education, the Hon. Andrew Holness. In addition, auxiliary contributions are not mandatory and, therefore, no student should be excluded for non-payment of such fees. Regarding tuition fees for the new school year, the per capita...

In recognition of the role agriculture must play in the economy, the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries will be working together to restructure agricultural education. Speaking during his contribution to the 2010/11 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives recently, Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Dr. Christopher Tufton, noted that the agricultural education infrastructure...