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Senior Advisor to the Minister of Education, Dr. Rebecca Tortello, is encouraging Jamaicans to actively participate in the Government's literacy drive, particularly at the primary level, by committing themselves to reading to at least one child a day. Speaking Wednesday (April 14) at Western Union's I P.L.E.D.G.E (I Promise to Lend Encouragement to Develop Growth in Education) Programme 2010 launch,...

Principal of the St. Elizabeth-based Santa Cruz Primary and Junior High School, Mrs. Ivorine Dwyer, has called on the country's educators to always seek to upgrade their skills and attain knowledge that can assist the teaching and learning process. She noted that students stand to benefit from new information gained by teachers. "As things change, it makes sense to focus...

Minister of Education, Hon Andrew Holness, in a statement Tuesday (April 13) said that he understands and empathises with the plight of tertiary-level students, who are concerned about reduced Government subsidies. Minister of Education, Hon Andrew Holness Mr. Holness said that while the Government acknowledges that the reduction in subsidy to the UWI will cause hardship to both the students...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw, has said that government will be increasing its investment in education and is on target to bring expenditure on the sector up to 15 per cent of the national budget. Making the opening presentation in the 2010/11 Budget Debate, yesterday (April 8), Mr. Shaw stressed that "despite the very sharp...

The first public consultation on the findings and recommendations of the GSAT Review Committee was held Thursday (April 8) at deCarteret College in Mandeville, Manchester. The public consultation, which is among several to be held in the Ministry of Education's six regions between now and the end of May, was attended by principals and teachers from schools in Region Five,...

Some 18,000 more Jamaicans are to benefit under the Programme for Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH) as the Government continues to put measures in place to lessen the hardship on the poor and most vulnerable in the society. The addition represents a 58 per cent increase in the number of PATH beneficiaries since 2007, and will be accompanied by...

Ground was broken on April 6 for expansion of the Lionel Town Hospital's training facility, in Clarendon. Minister of Health, Hon. Rudyard Spencer, said that the facility, to be funded by the National Health Fund (NHF), at a cost of $69.7 million, would be able to train 60 students annually. It will comprise three lecture rooms, two laboratories, a staff...

The Ministry of Education is moving to ensure greater efficiency and effectiveness in school management and to better track the performance of students. Portfolio Minister, Hon. Andrew Holness, addressing the opening of the Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA) Education Conference in Ocho Rios on Tuesday (April 6), informed that a school management system is being developed for schools, while national student...

The Ministry of Education will unveil proposals that will result in significant changes to the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) on Thursday afternoon (April 8). Minister of Education, Hon Andrew Holness The findings and recommendations of the GSAT Review Committee will be presented at a public consultation at Decarteret College, Mandeville, which starts at 5 p.m. The consultation is among...

Education Minister, Hon. Andrew Holness has assured teachers that they will be paid retroactive money owed to them by the Government. He was addressing the opening of the Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA) Education Conference 2010 yesterday (April 6) at the Sunset Jamaica Grande Resort in Ocho Rios. The Government owes the teachers $8 billion in retroactive payments and last year,...

Sam Sharpe Teachers' College, the only teacher training institution in western Jamaica, is located in the salubrious hilly terrains of Granville, St. James, overlooking the bay of Jamaica's second city, Montego Bay. It was established in 1975 by the Jamaican Government, under the World Bank II programme and, for 35 years, has been providing a dynamic programme of activities to...

A new computer laboratory was opened at the Christiana Moravian Primary School, in Manchester, on March 31. It has been named in honour of the late past student and Jamalco engineer, Mr. Kirk Rattray. The laboratory contains some 28 computers, and construction was made possible through the Ministry of Education, donations from the Rattray family, and other persons. At the...