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Ten years after the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) replaced the Common Entrance Examination, the Ministry of Education is looking at changing the nature of the test. This follows a preliminary study by the Ministry which shows the test is not meeting adequately the demands of the nation's changing education sector. GSAT was created to determine achievement or mastery of...

Manchester Link, a chapter of the Mico University College Alumni Association, formerly the Mico Old Students Association (MOSA), celebrated their 40th anniversary at a church service on Sunday (Feb. 8) at the New Beulah Moravian Church, Mandeville. Speaking at the service, President of the alumni association, Hugh Morris, praised the institution for preparing graduates for service in the "noble profession...

Thousands of students from high schools across the island are expected to benefit from the second National Sexuality and Reproductive Health Expo, which will be held on Wednesday, February 11 at the National Arena in Kingston. The National Coordinator of the HIV/AIDS Education Programme in the Ministry of Education, Christopher Graham, told JIS News that 3,240 students from 107 schools...

McGrath High School, Treadways, St Catherine, will hold its first agricultural fair on Thursday, February 12, under the theme 'Eat What You Grow: Grow What You Eat'. Principal, Cynthia Anderson told JIS News that, as the school is in a farming community, the fair will demonstrate to the community, successful ventures which have been undertaken in modern agriculture and food...

Reading for children, up to the age of eight years, is expected to be a more enjoyable activity, with the publication of the latest in a series of engaging and informative children's books written by Jamaican author, Kellie Magnus. Miss Magnus presented a copy of the book, entitled 'Little Lion Goes for Gold', to the Minister of Education, Andrew Holness,...

Residents of Lionel Town and surrounding communities in Clarendon are slated to benefit from a workshop, which will provide them with information on income generation through small business development and opportunities for training. The event, which will be held on the grounds of the Bethel United Church of Jesus in Lionel Town, is being organised by the Jamaica Information Service...

Seventy-three grade six students from two primary schools in Portland's Rio Grande Valley, have been presented with health care packages to assist with their nutritional preparation for the GSAT examination. The packages, which contained Habberange Omega 3 capsules and Minadex multi-vitamin syrup, were presented to the students during a ceremony held at the Port Antonio Regional Office of the Ministry...

Several new initiatives are to be put in place to improve the delivery of education. Details of these initiatives were outlined recently by the National Planning Summit Expert Team headed by Minister of Education, Andrew Holness. The areas include the establishment of a National Education Inspectorate (NEI); National Education Trust and a National Parenting Support Commission. The recent National Planning...

Kemps Hill High School, in Clarendon, has been lauded by past teachers and students as a beacon of hope for communities in the south west area of the parish. At the school's 35th Anniversary Thanksgiving Service, held on February 1, at the St. Peter's Anglican Church, Alley, Clarendon, the school was hailed for providing "learning for life," for 35 years,...

The HEART Trust/National Training Agency (NTA), will stage a two-day National Entrepreneurial Conference, at the Knutsford Court Hotel, Kingston, March 5- 6, which will focus on opportunities for entrepreneurs. The annual conference, which is in its 4th year, will be held under the theme, 'Honouring Entrepreneurs: the Backbone of a Nation's Economy.' It will cater to all entrepreneurs, both who...

Approximately 500 children from early childhood institutions in Eastern Westmoreland are being trained in basic computer skills, under a project being carried out by the Bluefields Peoples' Community Association (BPCA). The six-month project, which got underway at the beginning of the Easter school term in January, is estimated to cost some $600,000 and is being undertaken in partnership with the...

Students in and around Booby Drive, Olympic Gardens, Kingston, can now utilise the facilities of the All Saints Basic School, in the community, in a relatively comfortable learning environment. Equipped with all necessary equipment, the new school building currently accommodates 112 students, but has capacity for 150. Some of its features include: 800 feet of classroom space with a timber...