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The Ministry of Education will host its Regional Back-to-School Principals' Conference at the Mandeville based deCarteret College, on August 25, beginning 9:00 a.m. The event will be held under the theme: 'Effective Leadership: Excellent Schools', with Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Audrey Sewell delivering the keynote address. Chief Education Officer, Grace McLean will give an update on the Education Transformation...

Some 110 schools are to be inspected over the next two school terms, increasing the total to 150 by March 31, 2011. The disclosure was made by the Chief Inspector of the National Education Inspectorate (NEI), Mrs. Elaine Foster Allen, during an interview with JIS News. "The NEI, as a project, began in 2008 and one of the things we...

The Independent United Order of Solomon (IUOS), in Canada, has launched a medical scholarship tenable at the University of the West Indies (UWI), in memory of the late Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Michael Manley. This announcement was made recently at an event held at the Toronto offices of the Consulate General of Jamaica, and attended by Mr. Manley's daughter,...

Minister of Education, Hon. Andrew Holness, has asked residents of Tredegar Park, St. Catherine to make every effort to ensure that their children return to school when the new academic year begins in September. The Minister, who toured the Tredegar Park All-Age School, among other places, on Thursday (August 19), said he visited to reassure parents that the Government would...

The Ministry of Education, in a release Thursday (August 19), said it was strongly advising school administrators to desist from withholding the examination results of students who have sat the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) and the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE). The Ministry said it has received numerous complaints from students and parents, that a number of secondary education...

There has been an average six per cent increase in book prices over last year, a survey conducted by the Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC), has revealed. The results were presented at a press conference, today (August 19), held at Jamaica Promotions (JAMPRO), in Kingston. State Minister in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Michael Stern, who spoke at...

Eleven Jamaican students will be heading to China this academic year to pursue various higher degrees, having been awarded full scholarships under the Chinese Government Scholarship Programme. They are: Kadeon Richards, Taurean Allen, Davin Ferrigon, Vascyon Thompson, Dehanney Miller, Ramona Lawson, Sheree Wilson, and Krystal Lyn, who will be enrolled in master's degree programmes; while Milton Richardson, Michael Palmer and...

Minister of Education, the Hon Andrew Holness, toured the new Steer Town Academy in St. Ann on Tuesday (August 17) and expressed delight with the facility. "It is built for a primary school, (but) we will convert it and upgrade the facility so that it can accommodate a high school," told a meeting at the newly constructed Mansfield Primary School,...

Thirteen students from Hanover, who have gained entry to high schools, colleges and universities in September, have been awarded scholarships by the Tryall Club Scholarship Fund, amounting to over $3.5 million. Topping the list of awardees was Shaniek Parks, who was awarded the Louise Cullman Scholarship and will be attending the University of Leeds, the United Kingdom. Other awardees were:...

Marketing and Public Education Officer with the HEART Trust/National Training Agency (NTA), Kimona Hudson, has suggested that young people who are seeking to settle on a career path, should also get trained in a technical area, to boost their employability and entrepreneurship. "It is important that you have some form of skills. We see where persons lose their jobs and...

Newly installed President of the Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA), Nadine Molloy has lauded teachers and the partnerships, which have successfully delivered improved Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) results this year. "Teachers, you have done well in embracing as critical partners, the Ministry of Education with its new curriculum policy shifts; interested parents/guardians and our children. This is true demonstration of...

The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) is encouraging regional academics to use the data gathered by the Council over the last 35 years to carry out research aimed at finding ways to improve students' performance in CXC-administered tests. Registrar of the CXC, Dr. Didacus Jules, yesterday (Aug. 16), lamented that the Council was sitting on "mountains of information" regarding the performance...