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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...

Two projects, aimed at bringing about an increase in attendance at the Beecham Primary School in St. Mary, are in progress at the institution, with support from the Ministry of Education and the Jamaica 4-H Clubs. The projects are a pig rearing venture and a computer technology programme, which have been implemented as part of a policy initiative being driven...

President of Tanzania, His Excellency Jakaya Kikwete, has underscored the need for national efforts by developing nations, particularly in Africa and the Caribbean, towards leveraging Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in the academic programmes of their schools. In an address at the Mona Campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI) on Thursday (November 26), on the theme: "Africa...

Students from several high schools in St. Mary participated in a St. Mary Youth Council meeting, organised by the St. Mary Parish Council on Thursday, November 19. The event, which was held as a part of activities to observe Local Government Month (November) in the parish, was convened as a mock version of the monthly meeting of the St. Mary...

The United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is working on an Information Communication Technology (ICT) competency standard for teachers, which will provide guidelines to facilitate the effective use of ICT by both teachers and students. UNESCO Advisor for Communication and Information, Mr. Isidro Fernandez Abali, speaking yesterday (Nov. 23) at the opening of the fourth biennial International Conference...

One of Jamaica's corporate giants has launched two programmes in Canada, aimed at assisting the Jamaican diaspora and Jamaica's education sector. Jamaica National Building Society (JNBS), which is celebrating its 135th anniversary, recently launched its Jamaica Vacation (JamVac) Account to a capacity crowd at the International Centre in Toronto, Canada. The JamVac Account targets vacationers to Jamaica, by encouraging them...

Recipient of the Hampton Old Girls Association/Wesleygammon 2009 Scholarship, Ms. Dainalyn Swaby, has called on her peers to ensure that discipline is maintained in schools, as it enhances educational development. "It is important to maintain order within an educational institution. If there is no order, there will be chaos in the school, and it will not ensure the smooth running...

Mrs Lorna Golding, wife of Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding, has pledged $250,000 from the Jamaica Early Childhood Foundation to the St. Catherine Early Childhood Resource Centre. Mrs. Golding, who is the Chairman of the Foundation, gave the undertaking at the opening of the resource centre on November 19 where the Prime Minister was the keynote speaker. In handing...

Six basic schools in St. Ann were presented with items on November 20, by the United States Embassy and the crew from the United States vessel, the USS WASP. The items, which were handed over at a ceremony, held at the Fern Grove Basic School's Resource Centre, in Ocho Rios, included back packs, teddy bears, books and pencils. Wife of...