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Government's support for the education transformation system programme has been boosted with the provision of more than $675 million in the 2010/11 Estimates of Expenditure. The project is to provide support to the Ministry of Education's policy to expand compulsory education from age 16 to 18 by providing approximately 2,100 additional secondary school spaces; operationalise the new agencies that are...

A sum of $462.7 million has been earmarked for the Primary Education Support Project in the 2010/11 Estimates of Expenditure, currently before the House of Representatives. This project, which is being implemented by the Ministry of Education, aims to contribute to the improved performance, efficiency and equity of the Primary Education System, through the effective implementation of the Revised Primary...

The Seaward Primary and Junior High School held its inaugural Literacy Fair at the school, Olympic Way, West Central St. Andrew on Wednesday (March 31). The event was aimed at encouraging students and parents to engage in activities promoting literacy and numeracy at school, in the home and the wider community. Speaking at the ceremony, Minister of Education and Member...

As fifth and sixth form students islandwide finalise their career plans, third formers at Morant Bay High School in St. Thomas have already taken the all-important decision, with the majority opting for business, followed by science and mass communication. This was revealed by third year Supervisor, Miss Karleen Grant, in an interview with JIS News, at the school's Career Week...

The Ministry of Education has commended educational institutions in Manchester and St. Elizabeth, for their best practices that have led to success for both students and teachers. The event, held at Munro College, in St. Elizabeth, saw the schools being recognised for excellence in a number of areas, including pedagogy, technology, curricula content and material, excellence in leadership and governance,...

The Government is to continue its programme of providing education at the earliest age possible, with a budgetary allocation of $288 million for the Enhancement of Basic Schools project, as outlined in the 2010/11 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House. With funding support from the Caribbean Development Bank, the project aims at enabling young children to learn and develop...

Activities under the University of Technology (UTech) Enhancement Project should be boosted this fiscal year, through a $300 million provision in the 2010/11 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The project, being implemented by the Ministry of Education, aims to enhance the University's capacity to provide quality level education in Jamaica, through the expansion and upgrading of...

More than 600 Caribbean students attending tertiary institutions in Florida will come together for the 36th annual conference of the Florida Caribbean Students Association (FCSA) which begins on Friday, April 9 at the University of South Florida (USF), Tampa campus. The three-day event, which is being held under the theme: 'Culture Shock: Spotlight on the Caribbean,' will provide the opportunity...

The Jamaica Basic Education Project, financed jointly by the Government of Jamaica (GoJ) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), will be spending some $185 million in 2010/11 on improving the quality of primary education. The programme aims to increase reading fluency and foundation math skills in Grades One to Three at selected schools, improve school performance and...

Minister of Education, Hon. Andrew Holness, has announced that as part of the Ministry's drive to engage in more data-driven decision making, it will soon be introducing national student registration. "Within the national student registration, which I will speak more of when we are close to implementation, every student will be assigned a unique account number. And within that account...

Jamaican children with Type 1 diabetes are to benefit under an international programme, which is designed to reduce mortality associated with the disease. Dubbed 'Life for a Child', the initiative, which is funded by the International Diabetes Federation (IDF), will provide insulin, syringes and glucose monitoring devices to centres, which cater to diabetic children. A total of 200 of the...

Grade 11 students of Kingston High School, downtown Kingston, were treated to a day of captivating activities during the inaugural staging of Entrepreneurship Day on Tuesday (March 23). The Day's activities, co-ordinated by the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, encouraged students to enter into entrepreneurial endeavours, and featured presentations from motivational speakers including broadcaster Mr. Patrick Lafayette and Homestyle...