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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...

Education Minister, Hon. Andrew Holness has called on Jamaicans to defend and preserve the freedom that was fought for by their forefathers. "One hundred and seventy two years ago we could not gather like this in unity, in harmony, in celebration of our ancestors but today we can, and that is indeed a great milestone for our nation," Mr. Holness...

At least 100 parents are expected to benefit from the first phase of a BOOKSTART Jamaica pilot project, which is currently underway at the Maxfield Park Health Clinic in Kingston, and is scheduled to begin at the Morant Bay Health Centre in St. Thomas, by early August. The disclosure was made by Senior Adviser to the Minister of Education, Dr....

Minister of Education, the Hon Andrew Holness, has described Thursday's (July 29) media reports on the level of increases in tertiary educational fees as inaccurate. "The change in how we fund tertiary education will be gradual. You are not going to see an overnight 40 percent reduction, so the alarm raised in the headlines today is not quite accurate," he...

The country's 162 high schools have all been equipped with computers and local area network (LAN) facility for Internet access, under the national e-learning project, Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz, has disclosed. Minister with Responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, the Hon Daryl Vaz, speaking in the Sectoral Debate in the House...

Minister of Tourism and Member of Parliament for East Central St. James, the Hon. Edmund Bartlett, has awarded book grants, trophies and other prizes, valued at $2.5 million, to some 125 students from the constituency, who excelled in the recent Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT). The presentations took place at the Annual GSAT Awards Ceremony at the Montego Bay Civic...

By September 2011, the National College of Educational Leadership (NCEL) will be up and running, as part of efforts to build a cadre of effective leaders and improve the quality of principals. "We think that by September 2011 we should be ready. We are going to use September 2010 to August 2011 for preparations, get the courses off the ground,...

The search has commenced to identify and award excellent educators, islandwide, as part of the Jamaica Teaching Council's (JTC) efforts to reward excellence. The awards will be part of activities to celebrate International Teachers' Day on October 5, this year. However, the church services, at which the excellent teachers will be awarded, will be held on October 3. "And we...

Lutchshane Blackwood, a 16-year-old student of St. Elizabeth Technical High School, has emerged winner of the Broadcasting Commission's inaugural 30-second video competition. Copping the grand prize of $50, 000, Lutchshane told JIS News that he was surprised and overjoyed to have won the competition. Lutchshane Blackwood, 16-year-old Fifth form student of St. Elizabeth Technical High School. "It feels great to...

A total of 36 children, some with severe mental and physical disabilities, were presented with certificates on July 21 for successfully completing the early intervention curriculum of the Early Stimulation Programme (ESP). Of the number, 31 are to be placed in special education classes at the primary level, and another five will join the regular school system. Speaking at the...

A Bill to officially establish the Jamaica Teaching Council (JTC) is expected to be tabled in the House in August, by Minister of Education, Hon. Andrew Holness. This was disclosed today (July 21), by Director of the Jamaica Teaching Council (JTC), Dr. Winsome Gordon, at a JIS 'Think Tank'. Dr. Gordon pointed out that the draft Bill is being prepared....

A Green Paper on the public sector rationalisation plan, which contains the recommendations for the restructuring of ministries, departments and agencies, was tabled in the House of Representatives on July 20. Prime Minister Bruce Golding, who tabled the document as Ministry Number 64, explained that the plan was tabled as a Green Paper to facilitate public discussion and consideration by...