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The back-to-school period can be an extremely stressful time for parents who are often left in a financial quandary. However, if they plan and prioritise, they can reduce the economic strain associated with the time. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC), Dolsie Allen, is encouraging parents to develop a list of needs and prioritise each of...

When the new school year officially begins on September 6, Principals should have received their payments, and distribution of food items to schools would have commenced. This announcement was made by the Director of the School Feeding Programme, Helen Robertson, during an interview with JIS News, today (August 24). "I would like to let our principals know that schools who...

With only a few days before the start of the new school year, Chief Medical Officer of the Ministry of Health, Dr. Sheila Campbell-Forrester, is urging schools, including day care centres and early childhood institutions, not to admit children who are insufficiently immunized. In a JIS Interview, Dr. Campbell-Forrester stressed that adequate immunization is necessary to ensure the protection of...

The Kings Early Childhood Institution, located in Tivoli Gardens, will receive C$1,000 (J$80,000), through the generosity of former Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Edward Seaga. Founder and first President of PACE Canada, Dr. Mavis Burke (2nd left), and Chair of the Adopt-a-school Committee, Beverly Thompson (left), present a Certificate and Founder's Trophy to former Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Edward...

School supplies valued at $70,000 were presented to children of the Prospect and Land Settlement communities, at a back-to-school fair, held in Port Antonio, on August 21. More than 150 children between 4 and 11 years of age were presented with note books, pencils, crayons and other items, in preparation for the new school year, which begins on Monday, September...

More than 30 tertiary students from Western St. Mary were presented with cheques to assist them with their tuition fees, at the Gayle Seventh Day Adventist Church, in the parish, on August 22. Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture, Senator Warren Newby addressing tertiary students at the Seventh Day Adventist Church, in Gayle, on August 22....

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...