More

Alison and Michael Brooks expressed joy as their daughter, Ashleigh, was named winner of the inaugural Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Child Month Essay Competition, yesterday (May 27), at the JIS Television studio, Arnold Road, Kingston. Their reactions mirrored pride, relief and happiness that, Ashleigh, a grade three student of Mona Preparatory School made it from among the six finalists, which...

Principal of the Half-Way-Tree Primary School in Kingston, Catherine Malcolm, is appealing to schools and other education stakeholders to begin preparing students for the Grade 4 Literacy Test from as early as Grade 1. "Don't wait to prepare for Grade 4. I don't agree with that and we don't need the Ministry of Education to tell us that we had...

Jamaicans are being urged not to buckle under current economic and social pressures, but rather to unite and find creative ways, which can benefit themselves and their communities. This encouragement came from Principal of the Hydel Group of Schools, Senator Hyacinth Bennett, who gave the main address at a special function to honour five retired teachers of the Black River...

Following on the heels of the very successful first Town Hall meeting in Mandeville Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding and his team will continue to take the government's message across the island. The next stop will be at the HEART Academy auditorium in Portmore, on Tuesday, May 26 starting at 7:00 p.m. Supporting Prime Minister Golding on the town...

Mrs. Lorna Golding, wife of Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding, has everything to smile about this Labour Day. Her major Child Month project - the staging of two concerts billed as "An Evening of the Classics" played to a fair sized audience at the Half-Moon Hotel in Montego Bay and a full-house at the Pegasus Hotel in Kingston. The...

Five retired teachers from the Black River Primary and Infant School were honoured at a special ceremony held at the institution on Thursday (May 21). Those honoured were former Principal of the school, Conrad Romans, who gave 38 years to various educational institutions in St. Elizabeth; Jennese Idover-Walters, for 40 years as an educator; Myrna Barrett, who served for 36...

The Ministry of Education is developing a diagnostic tool to asses the reading level of students up to grade nine, as part of a strategic plan on literacy. The tool should be available to teachers in time for the start of the new school year in September, said National Literacy Co-ordinator at the Ministry, Laurel Brent-Harris. "We are in the...

Assistant Chief Education Officer, Student Assessment Unit, in the Ministry of Education, Sharon Neil, has announced that some 46,000 students have been registered for the Grade 4 Literacy Test on June 16. "The Ministry of Education has registered approximately 46,000 students for the examination. The Ministry employed electronic registration of these students. Most schools have responded. At this point, approximately...

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Audrey Sewell, has lauded teachers for the pivotal role they play in developing emotionally intelligent, articulate and productive citizens for national development. "Today, we honour those men and women who have not only answered the call to serve our nation in this important role, but those who have gone beyond the call of...

Not even the rain could stop Principal Winston Jackson from hosting a function to celebrate the provision of computers and electronic equipment for his school, Louise Bennett-Coverley All-Age in East Rural St. Andrew. As rains, associated with a weather system, pelted the school on May 20, Mr. Jackson insisted, "Rain or shine we will have the function today". And they...

Scores of students of the Port Antonio Infant School in Portland were immunised at a health fair organised by the institution's Guidance and Counselling Unit in collaboration with the Portland Health Department. At the fair, held on the school grounds on May 14, parents also benefitted from health checks including blood sugar and blood pressure tests. Speaking to JIS News,...

Central High School in Clarendon, has received a sum of $100,000 from Juici Patties, towards the expansion of its playfield. Acting Vice Principal of the institution, Uvelyn Daley, told JIS News that the donation will assist in creating a playfield of a comfortable size, that will allow the students to train for the various school-based athletic competitions, in which they...