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Guidance counsellors, social workers and medical officials turned out in their numbers today (June 8), for the first day of an intense three-day workshop on trauma and grief management, geared towards child care professionals working in the communities of West Kingston. The seminar, which is being held at the Alpha Boys' Home on South Camp Road, in Kingston, is organised...

Wife of the Governor-General, Her Excellency the Most Hon. Lady Allen, has challenged students to use education as the ladder for upward mobility, and to make their lives meaningful. Speaking on a tour of the Clarendon based Race Course Primary School, yesterday (June 8), she recalled her young years in the parish of St. Mary. "I did not know what...

High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (UK), Anthony Johnson, has called on educators in the Diaspora to provide more support for education in Jamaica, including making positive links with schools and teachers. This, he said, would help to support the various programmes now in place to improve educational attainment, and enhance the quality of teaching equipment and facilities. The High...

The Ministry of Education, through its Guidance and Counselling Unit, is providing support for students, teachers and parents affected by the security operation in West Kingston. Portfolio Minister, Andrew Holness, will be visiting schools in the area when they reopen on Monday (June 7), for support sessions with teachers and students. The schools have been closed since the start of...

Jamaica's Ambassador-designate to the United States, Her Excellency, Audrey Marks, has commended the Gleaner Company for its continued support of the Spelling Bee Competition and the sponsorship of Jamaica's entry in the Scripps National Spelling Bee Competition, now underway in Washington, D.C. In welcoming Jamaica's Spelling Bee participant in the competition, Owayne Rodney, and his coach, Primrose Swaby, at the...

Nadine Scott can be easily characterized as a stalwart educator, who from an early age, set her eyes on the teaching profession and never looked back. Currently a principal at the Excelsior Community College in Kingston, she has made the rounds at every level of the teaching profession. On Monday, May 10, she was among 40 educators, who were awarded...

Approximately 185 persons, who have successfully completed a three-year diploma teacher training course at Sam Sharpe Teachers' College in Granville, St. James, graduated from the institution on Thursday (May 27). The 32nd Valedictory Service was held at the Calvary Baptist Church in Montego Bay, under the theme, "Going forth to give excellent service", and was attended by educators and the...

Alpart's Community Council has made a transition from being an avenue to quell tensions between the company and communities affected by its fumes, to a vehicle through which areas around the plant are benefiting from lasting development. Principal of the Brinkley Primary School in St. Elizabeth, Vivilyn Powell (first left), and community representative with the Alpart Community Council, Deloris Moss...

Former Principal of the Charlie Smith High School and recent recipient of the Prime Minister's Medal of Appreciation for Service to Education, Pauletta Chevannes, is calling for more structured mentorship programmes within the teaching fraternity. "I am a believer in mentorship. I benefited from the mentorship of two principals - the late Sister Philamena of Holy Trinity High and Jeanette...

Effortville Primary School, in Clarendon, hosted its Jamaica Day celebration on May 27, with the objective of teaching students the ideals of citizenship and the history of the country. "Jamaica Day to us, is creating a sense of citizenship, having the children know something of their past, of their history, because on display we have many heritage items from way...

The first annual symposium on 'Sustainable Tourism, Attractions, Heritage and Heritage Restoration', was held at the Runaway HEART Hotel, in St. Ann, on May 27. The forum, which was organised by the HEART Trust/NTA, was held under the theme: 'Securing our Future by Preserving our Past'. Director in the Institutional Based Department (IBD) at the HEART Trust, Samuel Brown. told...

Approximately 104 young entrepreneurs from the Tel Aviv and South Side communities, in Kingston, have received training in small business management, under the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)/Urban Renewal project. According to a Ministerial Report, tabled in the House of Representatives recently, by Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Karl Samuda, 32 businesses have been approved to benefit from a...