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While a significant number of Jamaican youths are deprived of the benefits of a sound family structure, 12-year-old Richard Rose enjoys both the family support and the academic success that it can produce. The first of three children, all boys, Richard's success in the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) has been attributed to his keen and inquiring mind and general...

The Kitson Town Skills Training Centre, St. Catherine, which is affiliated to HEART/NTA, has been transforming and equipping persons from the area for a second chance in gaining lifelong skills, since 1998. Recent graduate and mother of four, Sonia Scott, a fine example of the work the centre has been doing willingly tells her story to JIS News. Miss Scott...

The Entrepreneurship Unit at the HEART Trust/NTA has launched a Graduate Assistance Programme (GAP) at the School of Cosmetology in Kingston. The 18-month programme will expose participants to business plan development and other key elements of starting a business. The format of delivery will be through seminars, coaching and mentorship. At present 80 young men and women are enrolled in...

As of next month, students in the agricultural sector will begin to benefit from a scholarship programme, courtesy of the Rio Tinto Alcan Inc. (formerly Alcan). The assistance is for students pursuing agricultural studies at the secondary and tertiary levels, through an agreement between Rio Tinto and the Jamaica 4-H Clubs. It is aimed at students in St. Ann, St....

Retired Principal of the May Day High School in Manchester, Mr. Stanley Skeene, was on Tuesday (December 15) honoured for more than 40 years of dedicated service to the field of education. At a special banquet held in his honour at Chaddiz Chateau in Spur Tree, Manchester, Senior Advisor to the Minister of Education, Alphansus Davis, described the honouree, who...

More than 250 workers displaced by the decline of the banana industry now have new career options, after completing the HEART Trust/ NTA Banana Sector Retraining Project. The project, funded by the European Union (EU), targeted communities in St. Catherine, St. Mary, St. Thomas, St. James, Portland and Clarendon. It gave some of the workers skills for transitioning to different...

Bustamante High School, Lionel Town, Clarendon has honoured 22 persons for long service to the institution. They were honoured on Wednesday (December 16) at a ceremony at the Juici Patties Banquet Hall, Clarendon Park, Clarendon, as part of the school's 40th Anniversary celebrations. The honourees served the school for between 15 and 37 years, in various areas including academics, administration...

Seven employees of the Shady Grove Basic School, located at 217 Old Hope Road, in Kingston, have been honoured for giving 10 and more years of service to the institution. Included in the group is Principal, Mrs. Myrtle Wellington, who has been at the helm of the school since its inception 35 years ago. Following the Christmas and Awards Luncheon,...

The sport of table tennis has received a boost in South Manchester, with the handing over of five tennis boards to two high schools and a community in the area, by Member of Parliament, Michael Peart. Cross Keys and Winston Jones High Schools have been given two boards each, while the Farm Community Club has received one. At a handing...

Come January 2010, the Ministry of Education will roll out a multi-million dollar Career Advancement Programme (CAP), which will ensure that students leaving secondary school are literate and numerate, and have some form of technical and vocational qualification for post-secondary placement. Phase one of the initiative, budgeted to cost $82 million will cater to 2,000 students age 16 to 18...

The 30 students of the Whymss Road Basic School near Dumfries in St. James, received an early Christmas treat on Tuesday (Dec.15), when representatives from the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) and the Kiwanis Club of Providence visited the school and presented them with gifts and refreshment. Chief Executive Officer of the Jamaica Information Service, Donna-Marie Rowe (left) presenting a student...

The Friends of Port Maria Association, New York (NY) chapter, has provided financial assistance to the Port Maria Primary School, in St. Mary, valued at approximately US$45,000 (J$4 million), over the last 13 years. This was disclosed by the President of the Friends of Port Maria, NY chapter, Ms. Lorna Fairweather, as she outlined the organisation's achievements at its 13th...