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A total of 50 young people from communities in Portland benefitted from a three-day Youth Empowerment Camp held recently at the Port Antonio Primary School. The camp, coordinated by the Portland Office of the Child Development Agency (CDA), and the Jamaica Constabulary Force's (JCF), Community, Safety and Security Branch, was aimed at improving social behaviour among the youngsters and to...

First Regional Cooperative Credit Union, has this year granted four new Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) scholarships valued at $25,000 each, and one Tertiary level bursary of $150,000. The scholarships and bursaries now total 21, under the First Regional Cooperative Credit Union Scholarship Awards programme. Education Minister, Hon, Andrew Holness congratulated the recipients on their achievements, at the Credit Union's...

Minister of Education, Hon. Andrew Holness, has reiterated Government's commitment to phasing out All-Age and Junior High Schools (Grades), leaving primary schools for pre-secondary education above the early childhood level. Mr. Holness made the recommitment while addressing community members and other Government officials at the Fruitful Vale Primary School in Shrewsbury, Portland on Wednesday August 11, following a tour of...

The Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) and the European Union (EU) on Thursday (August 12), signed a contract valued at approximately $40 million for the construction of the new Albion Basic School in Montego Bay, St. James. Of this cost, the community located in the North Western St. James constituency, is expected to contribute some $10 million in sweat equity...

Jamaica's National Strategic Plan (NSP) for Early Childhood Development (ECD), which sets out to improve the monitoring of child development, has been gaining international recognition and is being used as a model in other countries. Now in its second year of implementation, the NSP is a 5-year plan which takes into consideration all areas of early childhood development, including international...

A new school has been built at Fruitful Vale, in Portland, at a cost of just over $160 million. It will replace the old Fruitful Vale Primary School, which had deteriorated over the years and was unable to accommodate the growing school population. Minister of Education, Hon. Andrew Holness, toured the new facility on August 11 to get a first-hand...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw has accepted the resignation of Chairman of the Student Loan Bureau (SLB), Andrew Cocking, and other members of the Board. This follows a meeting with members of the Board, today (August 11), during which the audit report submitted by the Public Accountability Inspectorate Division on the operations of the SLB...

Thirty boys with special needs from communities in Spanish Town and its environs are set to benefit from a 'Behaviour Modification Day Camp', to be held August 13-18, at the Vision Retreat Centre in Mandeville. The boys, aged 12-18 years, will receive training in life coping skills and participate in religious activities, music, speech and drama and sports. The camp...

Wife of the Governor-General, Her Excellency the Most Hon. Lady Allen has said that the demand on education has changed dramatically, with intensified calls for more affordable education and equal access at all levels. She suggested that new and creative modes of delivering and financing education be explored, to meet the changing demands on the sector. Lady Allen was speaking...

A total of 73 students were recognised for their exceptional academic performance under Sagicor Life Jamaica Limited's Corporate Scholarship Programme at an awards ceremony held on August 5 at the company's headquarters in New Kingston. The students were selected from 79 applicants, of which 50 were at the primary level and 23 at the secondary level. Now in its 19th...

Political Scientist and Lecturer in the Department of Government at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, Professor Rupert Lewis says Jamaica's stellar achievements in sports and culture continue to serve as notable examples of the country's success since its Independence from Britain in 1962. Professor Rupert Lewis Jamaica, on August 6, will celebrate its 48th year of Independence,...

An upgraded version of the Ministry's Jamaica School Administrative System (JSAS 7.0), that will serve to further improve the education system, was presented to Education Minister, Hon. Andrew Holness, on July 29, at the Ministry. A collaborative effort between the Ministry and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), JSAS is specifically designed for Jamaican schools and is used...