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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,...

Sam Sharpe Teachers' College, the only teacher training institution in western Jamaica, is located in the salubrious hilly terrains of Granville, St. James, overlooking the bay of Jamaica's second city, Montego Bay. It was established in 1975 by the Jamaican Government, under the World Bank II programme and, for 35 years, has been providing a dynamic programme of activities to...

A new computer laboratory was opened at the Christiana Moravian Primary School, in Manchester, on March 31. It has been named in honour of the late past student and Jamalco engineer, Mr. Kirk Rattray. The laboratory contains some 28 computers, and construction was made possible through the Ministry of Education, donations from the Rattray family, and other persons. At the...

The Ministry of Education is working to ensure that schools have sufficient water to continue to operate during the prolonged drought period. Part of the measures involves partnering with the National Water Commission (NWC) to truck water to schools, said Director of Communications at the Ministry, Mr. Colin Blair. "Schools and public service facilities are treated as priority and so...

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...