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Minister of Education, Hon. Andrew Holness, has said that the Ministry is moving to address the issues that have arisen in the secondary education sector, due to higher performance in the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT), which has led to increased competition for preferred high school places. "The Ministry is looking at this situation, and we believe that there are...

Minister of Education, Hon. Andrew Holness, has explained that there are no set grades by which students are awarded high school places, as it is the level of competition that determines if students are placed in the schools of their choice. He said that with students doing better across the board in the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT), due to...

The Ministry of Education is seeking to help increase the number of preferred high school places, by creating Centres of Excellence, with at least six such model institutions slated to be in place by September 2011. "For those schools that are performing below the accepted standard of the Ministry, we will bring them under the concept of the Centre of...

Over 200 teachers and lecturers, who have been trained in Information and Communications Technology (ICT) under the e-learning programme, were presented with their certificates at the Terra Nova Hotel in Kingston, on Friday (June 18). This brings to over 11,000 the total number of teachers who have been trained to use the technology that they will need to integrate into...

Clarendon-based bauxite mining company, Jamalco, on Thursday (June 17), made presentations to some 150 students at the Watsonton Primary School in Lionel Town, as part of its drive to promote safety on the nation's roads. The students were informed about the different aspects of road safety and the company's efforts in helping to promote safety on the roadways. Public and...

Inmates at Richmond Farm Adult Correctional Centre in St. Mary are now benefitting from skills training, and physical wellness facilities as part of the rehabilitation process. A workshop complex and gymnasium were officially opened at the institution on Friday, June 18, under the Rehabilitation and Reintegration of Offenders and Deported Persons Programme, which was developed in 2008, through a partnership...

A multi-purpose, fenced court, with lights and changing rooms valued at some $3.7 million has been established at the Windsor Castle All Age School in Portland. Funds for the facilities were provided through the Sports Development Foundation (SDF), which falls under the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture. The installation of the lights cost some $805,000 while approximately $1.4 million...

The University of the West Indies (UWI) is preparing to allow 200 Haitian university students whose schooling have been affected by the January 12 earthquake, to complete their degrees at its three campuses. This is a part of CARICOM's efforts to provide aid to the French-speaking nation following the quake. The initiative was announced by Vice Chancellor of The UWI,...

Prime Minister, Hon. Bruce Golding, has applauded teachers of schools in West Kingston for their continued commitment and service to the nation's children, particularly during "this critical game-changing period of the country's history". The Prime Minister, who visited schools in the area yesterday (June 17), said he recognized that the events of the last couple of weeks had impacted the...

Preparations are in high gear for the administration of the Grade Four Literacy and Numeracy Tests on June 29 in primary schools, islandwide. Acting Assistant Chief Education Officer in charge of Student Assessment, Dr. Sephlin Myers-Thomas, explained that there should be no delays with the exam. "We are at this stage readying ourselves for the administration in terms of preparing...

The University of Technology's (UTech) Faculty of Business Management on Tuesday (June 15) launched its School of Entrepreneurship, at a ceremony on the institution's campus in Kingston. Housed within the faculty's Technology Innovation Centre, the school is the first of its kind in the English-speaking Caribbean and will offer a course of study designed to prepare entrepreneurs to start and...

Beginning in the new academic year, three students from the island's bauxite parishes who wish to study in the field of science, technology or sport, at the under graduate level, will benefit from scholarships tenable at any local university, annually. This is being made possible through a scholarship Foundation, which has been launched by global mining company, Glencore International, in...