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School gardens in Manchester are to begin establishing compost heaps as part of the requirement to maintain a school garden under the Jamaica 4-H Clubs School Garden Programme. At a meeting of the Manchester 4-H Clubs Advisory Council held on Thursday (Jan. 29) at the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) Office in Mandeville, Jamaica 4-H Clubs Parish Development Officer, Malonia...

The University Council of Jamaica (UCJ), will celebrate its Fifth Quality Assurance in Tertiary Education Week, February 2 to 6. Senior Accreditation Officer at the UCJ, Grace Gordon, made the disclosure during an interview with JIS News on Wednesday, (January 28). Ms. Gordon pointed out that the theme highlighted the importance of quality tertiary education. "It has to be responsive...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding, has alerted educators that this financial year will be significant for the long-term transformation of the sector. "This year is going to be a significant year for that process because of a number of initiatives that the Minister of Education is mounting this year. There are some basic concepts that inform the approach that we are...

Senior Accreditation Officer at the University Council of Jamaica (UCJ), Grace Gordon, has appealed to members of the public to ensure that educational institutions to which they apply are registered and their programmes are accredited. Miss Gordon made the appeal during an interview with JIS News on Wednesday (January 28), while highlighting activities planned for Quality Assurance in Tertiary Education...

National Literacy Coordinator, Laurel Brent-Harris, has said the recent Literacy trend has been encouraging, as there has been evidence of improvement based on the results of the Grade 4 Literacy Test. "Over the past 8 years or so, we have noticed gradual improvement in the students'performance in literacy. For example, in 2000, 47 per cent of our students were achieving...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding, has called on past students to continuously contribute to the schools that helped to groom them into successful adults. "No successful school is able to do well relying only on the students currently enrolled. Even after we graduate, we should never leave school," the Prime Minister said on Wednesday (January 28) to members of the wider...

National Literacy Coordinator, Laurel Brent-Harris, has asked that parents do their part in helping to raise national literacy levels. Mrs. Brent-Harris says that this is necessary in order to broaden the scope of opportunities available to the children, in light of the worsening global economic crisis. Speaking with JIS News recently, she said the literacy policy developed by the Ministry...

The Government has increased the 2008/2009 Budget by $18.4 billion, with the bulk of the additional expenditure going to liquidity support for the financial sector, as well as increased salaries for the police, teachers and health personnel. The Ministry of Finance and the Public Service will be lending $13.6 billion to the Development Bank of Jamaica(DBJ), for liquidity support for...

Cabinet has approved the award of two contracts, totalling just over $277 million, to effect construction work at two schools in Portland and St. Ann. Speaking at last week's post-Cabinet media briefing at Jamaica House, Transport and Works Minister, and Chairman of the Cabinet Infrastructure Committee, Michael Henry, told journalists that the contracts have been awarded to D.T. Brown Construction...

The Early Childhood Commission (ECC), in collaboration with the George Brown College and the Canadian High Commission, has launched a Best Practices Document for Early Childhood Development. The document, 'Best Practices for Early Childhood Development, Birth to Five Years', was launched in Kingston, recently. Canadian High Commissioner to Jamaica, Denis Kingsley, in his address, explained that Canada stands committed to...

As the Ministry of Education targets 100 per cent literacy, a number of interventions will be made at the primary level, including a screening programme for children entering Grade 1, to ensure early detection and treatment for those with special needs. "Full literacy rate, that's our target, 100 per cent, (so) the 10 per cent of persons, who require special...

A resource centre, valued at some $3 million, and equipped with modern teaching and learning aides, has been established at the Duckenfield Primary School in St. Thomas. The centre, financed by Digicel Foundation, was officially handed over to the school located at Hampton Court on January 23. The project involved the conversion and extension of a classroom into a state-of-...