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An initiative to further strengthen the use of information and communication technology in the country's education sector has been launched by Prime Minister P.J. Patterson. The project is a private/public partnership between ICT4D Jamaica which is co-sponsored by the HEART Trust/NTA and the International Education Collaborative Foundation, a non-profit organization based in the United States. Known as the Jamaica Collaborative...

Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of National Security, Senator Kern Spencer, has recommended that closed-circuit television (CCTV) and metal detectors be installed in schools to assist in the recovery of weapons and the prevention of attacks on students and teachers on school grounds. Senator Spencer, who was speaking at the University of the West Indies Guild of Students' first annual...

The Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) is providing $4.9 million for the construction of a basic school in the Springfield community in southwest Clarendon. "The Jamaica Social Investment Fund signed a contract with the Gimme-me-Bit/ Rocky Point/Springfield Seventh Day Benevolent Society, on January 27 for the construction of the basic school," informed Ayanna Mitchell, Community Driven Development Coordinator at JSIF....

President of the Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA), Ruel Reid, has stressed that for the country to progress with confidence in the 21st Century, there must be transformation of the education system, with opportunities provided for all Jamaicans to be educated and trained to exceed minimum standards. Mr. Reid was addressing the Sandals Montego Bay hotel's quarterly staff awards ceremony, held...

Professor Kenneth Hall has vowed to give priority to education when he formerly assumes the office of Governor General in February. Professor Hall, who spoke to JIS News at the Office of the Prime Minister yesterday (Jan. 24), said the focus on education "was not only because I am in education but because I believe that education has such a...

More than 200 students participated in a presentation on Restorative Justice, yesterday (January 23), at the Holy Trinity High School in Kingston. The event was staged as part of the initiative by the Ministry of Justice to educate students about the principles of restorative justice. The Ministry is employing a strategy of zoning high schools, which are in close proximity...

The Jamaica Information Service (JIS) will be launching an electronic civics centre later this year, in an effort to promote greater awareness about the rights, privileges, and obligations that Jamaicans have in a democratic society. Minister of Information, Burchell Whiteman, who made the announcement during last Friday's (Jan. 20) sitting of the Senate, explained that the civics centre will be...

Several needy families in Toronto, Canada will have a better Christmas this year, thanks to a new programme launched by a Jamaican organization, recently. The Alliance of Jamaican Alumni Associations (AJAA), an umbrella body for some 45 Jamaican past students associations, launched its 'Care and Share Christmas' programme on Saturday, December 17 at the Revivaltime Tabernacle in Toronto. President of...

Among the issues to be discussed at this year's Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) meeting slated for December 1 and 2 at the Hilton Kingston Hotel, is the implementation of a new award - the Caribbean Certificate of Secondary Competence for graduates of secondary schools in the region. In an interview with JIS News, Pro-Vice Chancellor of the University of the...

The Cambridge High School in St James has been selected as the most outstanding guidance and counselling institution by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Culture. The school received the top honour at an awards function held on Wednesday (Sept. 28) at the Caymanas Golf and Country Club in St. Catherine, where five other regional institutions were also recognised for...

Jamaicans in South Florida have undertaken to repair two schools in Jamaica, as they return home to participate in Homecoming Week, to be observed from October 15 to 22. The first project is to repair the Woodford Basic School in Kingston, that was damaged by Hurricane Ivan in 2004. Funds are also to be provided to pay at least one...

Executive Director of the Early Childhood Commission, Merris Murray, is advising operators of Early Childhood institutions to prepare for the registration requirements that will become mandatory under the impending Early Childhood Act. Miss Murray told JIS News that once the Act came into effect, providers of early childhood services, such as day-care centres and educational institutions for children aged 0...