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I bring you greetings on behalf of my husband the Honourable Bruce Golding, Prime Minister of Jamaica and the Jamaican people. I am very pleased to be invited to speak with you today to share with you my work in support of early childhood education in Jamaica as you gather to discuss the topic of Women and Children. Children's issues...

The Atlanta-based Integrity Children's Fund (Integrity) has contributed US$280,000 to three schools in Kingston and St. Andrew over the past seven years. The schools are Joy Town Learning Centre, a basic school making inroads in early childhood education in Trench Town; Operation Restoration Christian School, a remedial school attempting, with excellent results so far, the educational rehabilitation of illiterate teenaged...

Senior Advisor to the Minister of Education, Dr. Rebecca Tortello, is encouraging Jamaicans to actively participate in the Government's literacy drive, particularly at the primary level, by committing themselves to reading to at least one child a day. Speaking Wednesday (April 14) at Western Union's I P.L.E.D.G.E (I Promise to Lend Encouragement to Develop Growth in Education) Programme 2010 launch,...

Principal of the St. Elizabeth-based Santa Cruz Primary and Junior High School, Mrs. Ivorine Dwyer, has called on the country's educators to always seek to upgrade their skills and attain knowledge that can assist the teaching and learning process. She noted that students stand to benefit from new information gained by teachers. "As things change, it makes sense to focus...

Minister of Education, Hon Andrew Holness, in a statement Tuesday (April 13) said that he understands and empathises with the plight of tertiary-level students, who are concerned about reduced Government subsidies. Minister of Education, Hon Andrew Holness Mr. Holness said that while the Government acknowledges that the reduction in subsidy to the UWI will cause hardship to both the students...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw, has said that government will be increasing its investment in education and is on target to bring expenditure on the sector up to 15 per cent of the national budget. Making the opening presentation in the 2010/11 Budget Debate, yesterday (April 8), Mr. Shaw stressed that "despite the very sharp...

The first public consultation on the findings and recommendations of the GSAT Review Committee was held Thursday (April 8) at deCarteret College in Mandeville, Manchester. The public consultation, which is among several to be held in the Ministry of Education's six regions between now and the end of May, was attended by principals and teachers from schools in Region Five,...

Some 18,000 more Jamaicans are to benefit under the Programme for Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH) as the Government continues to put measures in place to lessen the hardship on the poor and most vulnerable in the society. The addition represents a 58 per cent increase in the number of PATH beneficiaries since 2007, and will be accompanied by...

Ground was broken on April 6 for expansion of the Lionel Town Hospital's training facility, in Clarendon. Minister of Health, Hon. Rudyard Spencer, said that the facility, to be funded by the National Health Fund (NHF), at a cost of $69.7 million, would be able to train 60 students annually. It will comprise three lecture rooms, two laboratories, a staff...

The Ministry of Education is moving to ensure greater efficiency and effectiveness in school management and to better track the performance of students. Portfolio Minister, Hon. Andrew Holness, addressing the opening of the Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA) Education Conference in Ocho Rios on Tuesday (April 6), informed that a school management system is being developed for schools, while national student...

The Ministry of Education will unveil proposals that will result in significant changes to the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) on Thursday afternoon (April 8). Minister of Education, Hon Andrew Holness The findings and recommendations of the GSAT Review Committee will be presented at a public consultation at Decarteret College, Mandeville, which starts at 5 p.m. The consultation is among...

Education Minister, Hon. Andrew Holness has assured teachers that they will be paid retroactive money owed to them by the Government. He was addressing the opening of the Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA) Education Conference 2010 yesterday (April 6) at the Sunset Jamaica Grande Resort in Ocho Rios. The Government owes the teachers $8 billion in retroactive payments and last year,...