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The Ministry of Education says it is moving to deal with the effect the current violence is having on the psychological health and emotional wellbeing of students. In a release Tuesday (May 25), the Ministry stated that its Guidance Counselling Unit has organised a meeting with leaders of various agencies, including the Victim Support Unit, the Dispute Resolution Foundation (DRFY),...

Despite inclement weather conditions, scores of residents of St. Ann turned out on Labour Day, May 24, to work on the parish project, which was the erection of perimeter fencing at the Rhoden Hall Basic School. The compound of the school, located in the Calderwood Division, was also cleaned and fruit tree planted. Principal of the school, Gertrude Parkes, told...

The Ministry of Education is advising the public that all schools in the parish of Kingston - all basic, infant, primary and high schools - will be closed tomorrow until further notice. They include: Denham Town PrimarySt. Alban's PrimarySt. Andrew PrimaryGreenwhich All-ageBoys Town All-ageTavares Gardens PrimaryWhitfield All-ageTrench Town PrimarySt. Michael's PrimarySt. Aloysious PrimarySt. George's Girls SchoolMountain View PrimaryNorman Gardens Primary...

The Overseas Examinations Commission (OEC) wishes to advise the general public that all examinations [CXC, GCE & University of London] scheduled to be held on Tuesday, May 25, 2010, will be held as time-tabled. However, having regard to the current situation, candidates from the following centres should go to the Overseas Examinations Commission, using the Manhattan Road entrance [across from...

The Ministry of Education will host the inaugural 'Play Day Jamaica' on Friday, May 28, in several early childhood institutions, primary and preparatory schools islandwide. This was disclosed by the Senior Advisor to the Minister of Education, Dr. Rebecca Tortello, in an interview with JIS News. "Play Day Jamaica is being celebrated for the first time this year on Friday,...

The Early Childhood Commission (ECC) has launched it's 'We Have Rights Too' booklet, which sets out the rights of every Jamaican child. The launch was held Wednesday (May 19) during the staging of the Commission's mid-term review of Jamaica's National Strategic Plan (NSP) for Early Childhood Development at the Knutsford Court Hotel in Kingston. According to the ECC's Communication Manager,...

All is now set for the Ricketts Street Early Childhood Institute, in Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland, to get a major facelift on Labour Day (May 24). Chairman of the Westmoreland Parish Council and Mayor of Savanna-la-Mar, Councillor Bertel Moore, says that all is in place to carry out a wide scope of work on the facility that day. The Mayor was speaking...

The Ministry of Education is pleased to report that students from Western Kingston sitting CSEC and CAPE, who were moved to sit the examinations in centres outside of their schools have turned up for their examinations. All students who should have turned up for the morning session did so, while four who were slated to be at the afternoon session...

The Abilities Foundation will be hosting an open day on Wednesday (May 26) in observance of Abilities Day 2010. Speaking in an interview with JIS News Wednesday (May 20), Interim Managing Director, Susan Hamilton, said that the day will be used to showcase the "beautiful displays" done by students of the institution from all the departments. "We will be having...

Minister of Education, Hon. Andrew Holness, has called on parents to rely less on violent and aggressive methods of discipline in executing their parental duties. "We still retain a cultural view that the use of aggression and violence is the most efficient way of 'bending the tree while it is young', and I think we need to relieve ourselves of...

Delegates representing every continent met at the Rose Hall Resort and Spa in Montego Bay this week (May 16 to 18) for the third annual international conference on Information Resource Management. Approximately 100 academics, researchers and practitioners were involved in the series of lectures, panel discussions and workshops, as part of activities for the three-day conference, held under the theme,...

The Police are aware that entry points leading into Tivoli Gardens and Denham Town have been blocked. The Police have also observed that law abiding citizens are being prevented from leaving Tivoli Gardens and have had their cellular phones confiscated. The Police are appealing to all law abiding residents of the affected areas (mainly Tivoli Gardens and Denham Town) to...