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As preparations for the new school year shift into high gear, students are being reminded that they have a responsibility to make the best of the opportunity to do well in school. This message comes from Acting Assistant Chief Education Officer in the Ministry of Education with responsibility for Guidance and Counselling, Antoinette Brooks, speaking with JIS News, recently. She...

First year students attending the University of The West Indies (UWI) Mona's Western Jamaica campus, were advised to make sure that they enjoy the field of study they are pursuing, as only then will life within the institution be memorable. The advice came from Minister of Water and Housing, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, as he addressed the group at a...

Starting Monday (September 7), the National Transformation Programme (NTP) will be monitoring the Half-Way-Tree Transport Centre, with the aim of contributing to a positive behavioural change among students using the facility. "We are going to be on the ground, with the support of Mothers Patrol, the parents' body, and Students for Transformation, in engaging and encouraging our students to that...

With the new academic year set to get underway on September 7, schools are being encouraged to adopt a zero tolerance approach to indiscipline and illegal activities. "We are saying to the parents, administrators and the teachers that whatever is illegal in society is also illegal within the schools and we expect that there should be no cover up to...

Students for Transformation (SFT), an affiliate of the National Transformation Programme (NTP), has devised a work plan for transformational activities in schools, through their student leaders, for the new academic year. This was announced by the NTP's Director of Development, Planning and Monitoring, Fabian Brown, on Wednesday (Sept. 2) during the JIS weekly Think Tank session, at its head office...

Twenty-two year old, Northern Caribbean University (NCU) student, Sheldon Owen, is one of the many young Jamaicans who have participated in and benefited from the National Youth Service's (NYS) corps programmes. This is a four-week training and re-socialisation programme which affords youths, between 17 and 24, much valuable work experience, through placements in private or public sector entities partnering with...

About 346 students drawn from 11 inner city communities in Montego Bay were presented with back-to-school gift packages Monday (August 31) by the St. James Peace Management Initiative (PMI). The students who were enrolled at primary, all-age, junior high and high schools within the parish, each received a school bag with books and other school supplies for them to start...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding has warmly welcomed the opening of the Hydel University. He congratulated its President, Senator Hyacinth Bennett, for her vision and hard work; and described the development as the result of a policy of liberalization in education. Speaking at the opening of the university at its premises at Ferry on August 30, Mr. Golding said, "Education is...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding believes that the strength of the faculty at the newly-launched Hydel University will ensure its success. Speaking at the opening of the institution at Ferry, St Catherine on August 30, he told the audience: "With the superb quality of the teaching staff that she has put together, I have every confidence that this university will offer...

Guidance counselling programmes in several high schools are to be significantly enhanced with the introduction of a Students' Motivational Manual, this month (September), at the start of the new school term. The manual, which seeks to advance the agenda of positive attitudes and values, has the key objectives to stimulate self-confidence and positive mental attitude; encourage better acceptance of self...

The Ministry of Education has moved to strengthen its thrust to achieve 100 per cent literacy by 2015, by increasing the number of Literacy and Numeracy Coaches available to schools. This year, the Ministry has a total of 80 Literacy Coaches, which is up from 50, and 70 Numeracy Coaches, up from 45. In addition, Education Minister, Honourable Andrew Holness,...

Members of the Parent Teachers' Association (PTA) of the Lewisville High School, in St. Elizabeth, have welcomed the $400,000 expansion work done at the institution by the Ministry of Education. President of the group, Pauline Foster, told JIS News that with more space at the school and additional facilities to enhance extra-curricular activities, students should perform at their optimum. "It...