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Twenty eight students and three officials from South Africa's Willowridge High School arrived in the island, yesterday (March 22), for a 10-day visit, during which they will attend this week's annual Boys' and Girls' Championships, at the National Stadium. The group was met at the Norman Manley International Airport, in Kingston, by Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture, Hon. Olivia...

Retired Principal of the Sam Sharpe Teachers' College, in Granville, St. James, Dr. Cecile Walden, has been honoured for 40 years of dedicated service to the college and the general teaching profession. The function was hosted by the Board of Management, principal, staff, students and past students of Sam Sharpe Teachers' College, at the institution, on March 20. In his...

Minister of Education, Hon. Andrew Holness, has endorsed the financial education programme being undertaken by the MultiCare Foundation and Citibank, which teaches money management skills to students in under-served communities. He said that financial literacy and planning should be critical elements of the learning process, and would be areas of priority focus for the Education Ministry this year. The Minister...

Minister of Education, Hon. Andrew Holness, is encouraging investors to explore the commercial side of the education sector, with a view to investing in school plants. He was speaking yesterday (March 18), at the dedication ceremony for the American International School of Kingston's (AISK) new facilities, at College Greens Avenue, in Kingston. Noting that it would require the construction of...

Students of the Jose Marti Technical High School in St. Catherine are expressing satisfaction with the Career Day event held yesterday (March 18) on the school grounds, where they were directed to various professions and the requisite education and training. Sixth form student Yannica Hayles pointed out that she was exposed to many possible careers. "I feel high-spirited and interested...

Twenty-six representatives from key emergency response agencies graduated from a two-week search and rescue training course, organised by the Jamaica Fire Brigade's (JFB) Training Department, on Friday (March 19). The course was held February 22 to 26 and March 15 to 19, at the JFB's Training Department, downtown Kingston, and at the Waterford Fire Station, St. Catherine. It was conducted...

Training sessions for goat farmers were held at the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) Conference Room in Mandeville, Manchester, and at the Sam Motta Demonstration Training Centre, in Knockpatrick, Manchester, on March 17. The training was carried out under the Strengthening of Jamaica's Food Security Programme, funded by the European Union, through its Food Facility Project, and conducted by the...

The Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture, Senator Warren Newby will attend the Special Meeting of Commonwealth Caribbean Regional Youth Ministers to be held in Bridgetown, Barbados from March 21-23. The meeting will revise the Commonwealth Youth Programme Strategic Plan 2008-2012; analyse policy and capacity gaps towards an effective youth development agenda; examine youth governance and...

Professor at Temple University, in the United States-based Dr. James Davis, has proposed that schools look at gender-based learning in order to enhance academic achievement among boys. He said that schools that focus on the social, cognitive, gender and academic development of boys are more successful. "There are some things that we know about boys. their dispositions are not always...

Approximately 800 students of Camperdown High School in Kingston were exposed to a variety of career opportunities and information from a number of organizations, including the Jamaica Information Service (JIS), during their annual Career Day and Exposition, held at the school on March 17. Guidance Counsellor of the institution, Reverend Patrick Dunkley, explained that the event was staged to provide...

The Wolmer's Trust High School for Girls Geography Information Systems Club in collaboration with the Office of the Prime Minister and the National Spatial Management Division recently launched its first Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) Treasure Hunt to increase students' awareness of the tracking system. GNSS is the standard generic term for satellite navigation systems that provide autonomous geo-spatial positioning...

The Jamaica Information Service (JIS), in keeping with its corporate social responsibility, will be visiting a number of schools islandwide to participate in their annual Career Day and Expositions. Acting Special Projects Manager at the JIS, Latoya Crossman, disclosed that already four schools have been confirmed, and requests keep pouring in. "As the Government's information Agency, it is imperative that...