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At a time when mastery of Standard English continues to be a problem among Jamaican children, a group of teachers is devising strategies to improve the students' competence. The National Association of Teachers of English (NATE) used its annual general meeting, at the Caenwood Centre in Kingston on Friday (October 30), to discuss the 'Effective Teaching of Grammar'. The group...

Teachers and students of secondary schools have welcomed the publication of three handbooks on economics, geography and sociology by the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN), which will help in preparations for the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE). Sociology teacher at Clarendon College, Jodie Titus, speaking to JIS News at the launch held recently at STATIN'S Cecelio Avenue offices, described the...

Twelve year-old Shanice Codner is among the thousands of youngsters, who made the transition from Primary to High School at the start of the 2009/10 academic year in September, having been successful in this year's Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT), which was held in March. Shanice, who currently attends the Holy Childhood High School in Half-Way Tree, St. Andrew, emerged...

Students and staff of the Hibernia Basic School in North East Manchester now have a new and improved home, which was constructed at a cost of $2.3 million, through local and overseas assistance. The new facility, which accommodates 45 students and five members of staff, consists of two classrooms, an office which doubles as a sick bay, a kitchen, and...

The employment forecast for Jamaica shows opportunities in education, health care and social assistance, and professional and business services, including Information Communication Technology (ICT). Hospitality, financial, scientific and technical services, construction, and creative and cultural industries, also show strong prospects. Manager of the Human Development Unit at the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Mr. Steven Kerr, made the revelation as...

The Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) and the Broadleaf Benevolent Society have partnered to carry out rehabilitation work on the Broadleaf Basic School in Manchester. The facility which cost a little of over $ 7 million to renovate, now boasts three classrooms, a sickbay, an office, indoor play area, three restrooms, a kitchen, outdoor play area equipped with slides, swings...

The Jamaica House Basic School in Kingston has been presented with furniture, valued at US$10,000 (J$890,000), by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission Office in Jamaica, and the United States Southern (Military) Command (SOUTHCOM). The furniture, comprising 250 chairs, 83 tables, 12 teachers' desks and chairs, two filing cabinets and a stationery cupboard, was a joint initiative...

Principal of Old Harbour High School, Mr. Lynton Weir, urged students to protect the good name of the school. He made the call during the 40th anniversary Church service of the school, at the Word of Life Worship Centre in Rhoden's Pen, St. Catherine, yesterday (October 25). "Parents and other stakeholders, hold true to your cause. We need you, we...

Principal of Old Harbour High School in St. Catherine, Mr. Lynton Weir, has urged students to protect the good name of the school. He made the call during the 40th anniversary Church service of the school, at the Word of Life Worship Centre in Rhoden's Pen, St. Catherine, yesterday (October 25). "Parents and other stakeholders, hold true to your cause....

Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz, has stated that the Ministry of Education is currently reconfiguring regional education boundaries. "This reconfiguration of the regions involves an increase in the number of Regional Education Agencies (REAs) from six to seven, and was undertaken with a view to ensuring a more proportionate spread of the school...

Some 416 at risk youth between the ages of 17 and 25 will benefit from at two-year programme focusing on providing technical, vocational, and life skills, which will enable them to become employed, or to start their own enterprises. The Caribbean Youth Empowerment Programme (CYEP) is being implemented by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the International...

Minister of Education, Hon. Andrew Holness, has said that the police should investigate the parents of all the persons linked to the killing of a student of Ferncourt High, St. Ann, on the school premises on Wednesday (October 21). "In this particular instance, I think that the police ought to investigate the parents, as well," Mr. Holness told parents and...