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More than 200 students from 12 schools in Clarendon and Manchester participated in an inaugural Road Safety Essay, Poster and Banner competition organised by Jamalco as part of Road Safety Month observations. The competition culminated with a banner parade and exposition and the presentation of prizes on June 25 at the Halse Hall Great House in Clarendon. Speaking at the...

Students of the Hayes Primary and Junior High School in Clarendon now have a refurbished Guidance Counselling Resource Centre, provided by volunteers from Jamalco, under the company's Bravo Volunteers programme. The building was officially opened at the school on June 28. The group of volunteers from the company's Capital Projects department, with help from family members, undertook most of the...

Three Greenhouse technology projects are to be established at three institutions in St. Ann. Chief Technical Director, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Dr. Marc Panton (right) and President of Noranda Jamaica Bauxite Partners (NJBP), Pansy Johnson break ground at the Aboukir Institute, Aboukir, St. Ann, recently to launch the School Greenhouse Technology Project. Funds for the greenhouses, which will be...

Ground was broken on Thursday (July 1) for the construction of the Hampton Preparatory School in Belle Air, Runaway Bay, St. Ann. Member of Parliament for North West St. Ann, Othneil Lawrence (left) participate in the ground breaking exercise for the new Hampton Preparatory School in Runaway Bay, St. Ann on Thursday (July 1). Also participating in the exercise is...

The Portland Parish Library in Port Antonio will be hosting its annual summer programme with a number of educational activities. The two-week programme, which begins on Monday, July 19 at 10:00 a.m. and culminates on July 30, will be held under the theme: 'Learn to read, read to learn at your library.' More than 150 young people from Port Antonio...

Minister of Labour and Social Security, and Member of Parliament for North Central Clarendon, Hon. Pearnel Charles, is urging parents to make the education of their children a top priority. He noted that providing young people with a solid academic foundation will empower them for lasting success. "The greatest investment that you can make is in your child. Don't leave...

The Ministry of Education is asking parents/guardians who have questions about the recent Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) to call the Ministry's telephone help lines. The help lines, which have been in place since last week, will be in place for the remainder of this week. The lines are in each of the Ministry's six Regional Offices. The numbers areRegion...

The Broadcasting Commission has taken another major step in its youth initiative programme by including, for the first time, students on its Monitoring and Compliance Committee. The students, 22 year-old Ruth-Ann Lawrence and 18 year-old Sophia Bryan, will join three specialist Commissioners on the committee, which has responsibility for receiving, documenting and evaluating complaints with a view to ruling on...

Education Minister, Hon. Andrew Holness, says that the Government may have to look at creating institutions and services that will cater specifically to the educational needs of boys, in order to improve academic performance among males. The Minister was speaking this morning (June 25) during the opening session of the National Conference on Boys at Risk at the Mona Visitors...

One thousand copies of the Students Motivational Manual, which provides a framework for transforming young minds and instilling in them, positive values and attitudes, were yesterday (June 23) handed over to the Ministry of Education Career Advancement Programme (CAP) Unit during a ceremony at Jamaica House. A project of the Youth Transformation Programme, through funding from Jamaica National Building Society...

Education Minister, Hon. Andrew Holness has said that while some schools are experiencing low revenues, about 60 per cent have reported increases, by virtue of Government subsidy, as well as parent contributions. Education Minister, Hon. Andrew Holness Mr. Holness pointed out that the problems some schools are facing now, result from exorbitant auxiliary fees and contributions. "Parents will give as...

The Ministry of Education yesterday (June 23) officially launched the Education System Transformation Programme (ESTP), which will give greater focus to the reform of the systems, business processes and quality of the sector. This is expected to improve outcomes, through focus on supporting a modernised and transformed system of governance, management, and improved accountability. "The objective is to remove the...