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Education Minister, Hon. Andrew Holness, has said that more emphasis will be placed on the Grade Four Literacy Test rather than Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) in order to achieve the Ministry's goal of attaining 100 per cent literacy by 2015. In an address at the Caribbean Centre of Excellence for Teacher Training (C-CETT) Western Caribbean Awards ceremony at the...

The Ministry of Education is embarking on a national campaign to raise the importance and awareness of improving students' literacy skills. As part of this campaign, parents are being encouraged to play a greater role in developing reading habits in their children from an early age. "We have to get them (parents) back to the point where they read with...

Minister of Education, Hon. Andrew Holness, has condemned yesterday's (Oct. 21) fatal stabbing of 17-year- old Ferncourt High School student, Garron Jones. He said he was "very disappointed and very disturbed" by the incident, which took place on the grounds of the school based in St. Ann. The Minister, who was speaking to journalists at the Knutsford Court Hotel in...

Glenmuir High School in Clarendon has once again copped the Marcus Garvey Award for Excellence in the 2009 Jamaica Cultural Development Commission's (JCDC) Performing Arts competition. The institution racked up more that 50 medals and several trophies at the parish and national levels of the competition to gain their second hold on the prestigious award, which they first won in...

Retired Principal of the Richmond Park Primary School, in Clarendon, Mrs. Zoie Cockett, has been recognised for serving the institution for 36 years, by the Parent-Teacher Association, the Past Students Association and members of staff. At a function held at the school on October 18, many tributes were paid to her, a citation was read and a gift presented. Mrs....

Garvey Maceo High School, in Clarendon, has received US$10,000 ($890,000), from the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FOA), to develop agriculture at the institution. At a World Food Day ceremony at the school on October 16, the FAO Representative to Jamaica, Belize and the Bahamas, Dr. Dunstan Campbell, informed JIS News that each year they visit a school and assist with...

Students of Mile Gully High School, in Manchester, have been exposed to issues relating to cattle rearing, and how to cultivate grass. At a ceremony at the school, on October 15, Chairman of the Jamaica Red Poll Cattle Breeders Society, Dr. Karl Wellington, said that development work which resulted in the creation of the Jamaica Red Poll breed, was an...

A youth information fair was held on October 16, at the Vere Technical High School, in Hayes, Clarendon, by the National Centre for Youth Development (NCYD), the National Youth Service (NYS) and the Social Development Commission (SDC), Clarendon Office. The NCYD Empowerment Officer for Clarendon, Ms. Jacinth Wiltshire, told JIS News that the reason for staging the fair was that...

As part of its 35th anniversary celebrations, Kemps Hill High School, in Clarendon, staged a Benevolence Day at the school, on October 15. Guidance Counsellor at the school, Mr. Vernon Morrison, told JIS News that the day featured a health and empowerment fair. "This was done to empower the community and give back to the community," he explained. A number...

Cross Keys High School, in Manchester, as part of its Heritage Week celebrations, honoured four unsung heroes who have served various communities in the southern part of the parish. At a ceremony, held at the school on October 14, Ms. Hilda Thompson, Ms. Elmay Garcia, Mr. Walter Cockett and Mr. Dundee Hewitt, were hailed for their sterling contribution to the...

More than 1,500 students across the island benefited from the new posters and other heritage materials that were donated by the Jamaica Information Service (JIS), during Heritage Week, which began on October 11. Speaking with JIS News today (October 17), Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the JIS, Mrs. Donna-Marie Rowe described the experience as one of a kind. "Our outreach...

Minister of Education, Hon. Andrew Holness, has announced that the Government intends to introduce a Career Opportunities Programme to ensure that secondary school graduates are properly trained. In an address to Carreras Limited's scholarship awards banquet, at the Hilton Kingston Hotel, New Kingston on Wednesday (October 14), Mr. Holness said that details of the programme will be announced in a...