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A new Basic School was handed over to the Gibraltar community, in St. Ann, by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), on June 10. The Fund also handed over a new sanitation block to the Gibraltar All Age School the same day. The projects were funded by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), under the Basic Needs Trust Fund, and...

Seventeen-year-old Immaculate Conception High School sixth form student, Charissa Stewart, is scheduled to leave the island on June 18 for Mexico, where she will participate in the six-week Ruta Quetzal adventure tour in that country and Spain. Charissa, who will be Jamaica's lone representative, will join over 300 other teenage participants from some 40 countries for the event, organised by...

The Project for the Advancement of Childhood Education (PACE) Canada has been lauded for adopting 281 basic schools in Jamaica, which represent more than 10 per cent of the country's 2,125 basic schools. "PACE Canada must be congratulated for this," said Dr. Lola Ramocan, an Early Childhood Development (ECD) Specialist. "You have been a mighty organisation of ECD educators, child...

Principal of GC Foster College of Physical Education and Sports, Edward Shakes, says the school will embark on a $23 million project this summer, to modernise and restore some of its facilities, which have fallen into disrepair. According to Mr. Shakes, the project will involve the refurbishing of the institution's dormitory, which currently houses some 300 students. "We have just...

The Portland Chapter of the Quality Education Circle (QEC), involving some 49 educational institutions in the parish, was launched yesterday (June 10), at the Port Antonio High School. This is the final launch of the QECs by the Ministry of Education's Region Two office. Some 66 QECs islandwide have been defined by the Ministry of Education. Circle Chapters were launched...

Writing letters, reading and understanding comprehension passages are just a few of the rewards Grade 4 students of Drapers All-Age School in the eastern parish of Portland are reaping from the Ministry of Education's literacy programme. With the Grade 4 Literacy Test on Tuesday (June 29) in primary schools islandwide, students of Drapers All-Age are confidently ready for the Exam....

The School of Pharmacy, College of Health Sciences at the University of Technology (UTech), officially launched its Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm. D.) degree programme, Tuesday (June 8), the first of its kind in the region. Speaking at the launch at the Hilton Kingston Hotel, New Kingston, Associate Professor and Dean of the College of Health Sciences, Dr. Eugenie Brown-Myrie, said...

Guidance counsellors, social workers and medical officials turned out in their numbers today (June 8), for the first day of an intense three-day workshop on trauma and grief management, geared towards child care professionals working in the communities of West Kingston. The seminar, which is being held at the Alpha Boys' Home on South Camp Road, in Kingston, is organised...

Wife of the Governor-General, Her Excellency the Most Hon. Lady Allen, has challenged students to use education as the ladder for upward mobility, and to make their lives meaningful. Speaking on a tour of the Clarendon based Race Course Primary School, yesterday (June 8), she recalled her young years in the parish of St. Mary. "I did not know what...

High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (UK), Anthony Johnson, has called on educators in the Diaspora to provide more support for education in Jamaica, including making positive links with schools and teachers. This, he said, would help to support the various programmes now in place to improve educational attainment, and enhance the quality of teaching equipment and facilities. The High...

The Ministry of Education, through its Guidance and Counselling Unit, is providing support for students, teachers and parents affected by the security operation in West Kingston. Portfolio Minister, Andrew Holness, will be visiting schools in the area when they reopen on Monday (June 7), for support sessions with teachers and students. The schools have been closed since the start of...

Jamaica's Ambassador-designate to the United States, Her Excellency, Audrey Marks, has commended the Gleaner Company for its continued support of the Spelling Bee Competition and the sponsorship of Jamaica's entry in the Scripps National Spelling Bee Competition, now underway in Washington, D.C. In welcoming Jamaica's Spelling Bee participant in the competition, Owayne Rodney, and his coach, Primrose Swaby, at the...