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The island's guidance counsellors will meet in Montego Bay for three days this week to discuss school counselling and challenges facing the profession, as the Jamaica Association of Guidance Counsellors in Education (JAGCE) stages its 11th annual conference. The event, which is slated for the Holiday Inn Resort from December 9 to 11, is also expected to attract counsellors from...

Seventy participants in the National Youth Service (NYS) Teacher's Assistant Programme, graduated on December 4, in a ceremony held at the Ridgemount United Church Hall, in Mandeville, Manchester. Acting Executive Director of the NYS, Anthony Woodburn, said that the Teacher's Assistant Programme came about as a result of the need to provide help for teachers islandwide. "The Teacher's Assistant Programme...

Newly appointed Consul-General to Toronto, George Ramocan, has challenged Jamaicans in Canada, who attended high schools in inner-city areas of Jamaica, to form past students associations. Speaking to patrons attending the recent 21st Anniversary celebration of the Alliance of Jamaican Alumni Associations (AJAA), in Toronto, Canada, the Consul- General said graduates from these schools are sometimes shy about identifying that...

Minister of Education, Hon. Andrew Holness, has reiterated that improved literacy at the primary level will result in students being better able to master the secondary curricula, and result in significant long-term benefits for the country. In a speech delivered on his behalf by Acting Director in the Ministry of Education, Dr. Joan Reid, at the Manchester Principals Association Annual...

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health, Dr. Jean Dixon, has suggested that the University of the West Indies (UWI) develop a research programme to examine the resistance of certain pests to various pesticides. She made the suggestion at an award function hosted by the Pesticides Control Authority (PCA) at the Knutsford Court Hotel in Kingston, yesterday (December 4). Dr....

About 72 students from five schools in the Kingston 11 section of the Corporate Area, accompanied by their teachers, were treated to a day of fun and excitement in western Jamaica, Friday (December 4), courtesy of the National Child Month Committee. The students, who were drawn from the Marie Atkins Basic, Penwood Basic, Holiness Basic, St Patrick's Primary and the...

The Toronto chapter of the Kingston College Old Boys Association (KCOBA) recently shipped C$20,000 worth of brand new tools to the school for the Industrial Arts programme, thanks to the generosity of the Carpenters Union of Ontario Canada. At the recently held 36th Annual Reunion and Awards Banquet of KCOBA in Toronto, President Lance Seymour publicly expressed gratitude to the...

Business consultant, Aubyn Hill, has challenged the 2009 graduating class of Munro College to continue to work hard and uphold the school's high moral principles and lofty standards of excellence. Mr. Hill, who is a past student of Munro College, told the graduates of the all-boys institution, that these qualities will serve them well in their professional and personal lives....

The Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) has approved the construction and refurbishing of 244 basic schools at a cost of over $1 billion, since the start of the year. "These projects have benefited more than 27,000 children across the island and have provided our children with more comfortable and modern classrooms to enhance learning and give them hope of a...

Graduates of Bethlehem Moravian College, in St. Elizabeth, have been encouraged to use their training to help create a better society, by Head of Capital and Credit Financial Group, Ryland Campbell. "Renew your minds to champion the cause of our liberation as a people, who can achieve excellence in any area of human activity, as we strive to build our...

Three St. Catherine schools on Friday (Nov. 27) received educational materials from the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) valued at approximately $10,000. The schools are Newlands Basic in Portmore; Sargeantville All-Age in Harker's Hall; and Seafield Primary and Infant. Acting Radio Manager at the JIS, Mrs. Alva Lindsay Blair, made the presentations to the schools. A total of 385 students are...

Three publications, which look at parenting in Jamaica and its role in national development, were yesterday (November 26) launched at the Knutsford Court Hotel in Kingston. The publications are entitled: 'Parenting in Jamaica' by Dr. Heather Ricketts and Professor Patricia Anderson; 'The Changing Roles of Fathers in Jamaican Family Life' by Professor Patricia Anderson; and 'Parental Involvement in Education in...