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Minister of Education, Hon. Andrew Holness, has said that the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) is not a good mechanism to determine the placement of students in secondary school and "should not be continued in the long run." He was speaking at a press conference held on June 11 at the Jessie Ripoll Primary School in Kingston, to provide details...

The new national French curriculum, to be introduced in high schools in September, was formally presented to Education Minister, Hon. Andrew Holness, at his Ministry in Kingston on Friday (June 12). The curriculum, developed for Grades 7-9, will be rolled out in all high schools where French is taught. Mr. Holness welcomed the move and said that, since French will...

Chairman of the Early Childhood Commission (ECC), Professor Maureen Samms-Vaughan, has reported that the Commission has inspected about 1,000 of over 2,000 institutions applying to be registered under the Early Childhood Act. Since November 2007, the Ministry of Education began the compulsory registration of Early Childhood institutions, in a bid to improve the quality of service delivered to children at...

Sixteen year-old, Ardenne High School student, Brayan Serrano Taylor, will be transported back to the time of Christopher Columbus' ocean voyages, when he participates this summer in the Ruta Quetzal, courtesy of the Government of Spain. The Ruta Quetzal is an adventure tour, named for Christopher Columbus' voyages (Ruta) and the Mexican bird (quetzal) worshipped by the Aztecs and Mayas....

The Jamaica Information Service (JIS) has added a new segment to its flagship Jamaica Magazine programme, in the form of 'School Zone', a 15-minute feature that highlights non-traditional high schools across Jamaica. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the JIS, Donna-Marie Rowe, has described 'School Zone' as a lively and interactive programme that gets into the psyche and lingo of young...

All is in place for the Grade Four Literacy Test, which, for the first time this year, will be administered as a national examination. Just under 50,000 students across the island are expected to sit the test on Thursday, June 18, which according to Education Minister, Andrew Holness, will cost some $14 million. The Minister, who was speaking at a...

The Ministry of Education has launched a Child-Friendly School (CFS) sensitisation programme, through which it intends to inform educators about the CFS model, which is aimed at promoting quality education in schools. The programme is a collaborative effort with the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), which has developed the CFS manual, copies of which were distributed to the education stakeholders...

The Task Force on Child Abuse Prevention (TFCAP) will host an Information Fair and Mini Exhibition at the Port Maria Primary School, St. Mary, tomorrow(June 10), beginning at 8:30 a.m. under the theme, "Preserve the Environment, Protect Our Children." The day's activities will feature presentations relating to four of the environments in which a child operates: school, community, home and...

The Ministry of Education is reminding parents and guardians of students who sat the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) that transfers are NOT normally accommodated. However, where parents or guardians have genuine reasons, such as their relocation from one area of the country to another, they can ask for transfers, but they are NOT to approach the Ministry as a...

A competition, to come up with a winning design, which will become the model for future school construction, will be launched by the Education Ministry later this year. Portfolio Minister, Hon. Andrew Holness, made the announcement at the dual launch of the Child Friendly School sensitisation programme, and a public education campaign to promote Alternative Methods of Discipline in Schools,...

Four students of Jamaican heritage attending universities in the United States are the recipients of this year's Claude McKay Book Scholarship Awards. They are Shalonda Dale of Towson University in Maryland; Brandon Williams, Brown's College in Minnesota; Jerome Blake, Coppin State University in Baltimore, Maryland; and Kimberly Murray of Lincoln University, in Pennsylvania. The awards were presented on June 6,...

Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding took time out of his busy schedule Friday (June 5) to visit the Freetown Primary school, Clarendon, in response to a letter written to him on an exercise book page, by a 5-year-old student requesting books for the school's library. Mr. Golding said he was impressed by what was written by the student, Jardin...