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Jamaica is reaping huge dividends from the investment of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in the education sector, which amounts to about US$30 million over the last 12 years. The input of the agency is primarily underpinned by three projects - the New Horizons, Expanding Educational Horizons (EEH), and Caribbean Centre for Excellence in Teacher Training. Director...

The Ministry of Energy and Mining is continuing its capacity building drive with a two-week training course on energy demand assessment, using the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) Model for the Analysis of Energy Demand (MAED). The training course which is being hosted at the PCJ Auditorium in Kingston, runs from May 11 to 22, 2009 and targets professionals in...

The expansion of the school garden at Denham Town Primary School will be the main focus of this year's Child Month Action Day on Friday, May 15. Chairman of the Action Day Planning Committee, Vivienne DaCosta, told JIS News that the Denham Town Primary School was selected as the national project because it already had a backyard garden, and they...

One Jamaican father is encouraging other men to "step up" to their role, and take a more active part in the nurturing of their children and providing proper guidance for them. "The males need to, maybe, step up some more," said Noel Miller, while urging the mothers "to encourage them, not to put them (fathers) down. Sometimes they just need...

The Prime Minister's Medal of Appreciation for Service to Education will be held on Wednesday May 20 at Jamaica House. Forty educators from the rank of specialist teachers, principals, teacher educators and education administrators will be honoured. The honourees were nominated by their peers, community members and elected representatives. The list includes persons who are in the service or who...

A contract, valued at $6.2 million, was signed Tuesday (May 12) between the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) and the Bath Community Development Council Benevolent Society (BCDCBS) for the construction of a canteen and rehabilitation of the Ginger Hill Basic School. JSIF's General Manager Technical Services Omar Sweeney, speaking at the signing ceremony at the Fund's offices, New Kingston, noted...

The National Education Inspectorate (NEI) will be carrying out inspections of the education system, commencing with primary and secondary schools this September. Chief Inspector of Education, Elaine Foster-Allen, speaking at a technical working group meeting at Christar Villas Hotel in Kingston on May 7, said that the inspections will be phased over three years. "We will start with schools and...

The Ascot High School will be moving speedily to implement the security guidelines recommended by the Ministry of Education, to ensure the safety of the institution's student and teacher population. Education Minister, Andrew Holness, made this disclosure to JIS News following meetings with school administrators and teachers of the Portmore-based institution yesterday (May 7). The discussions came in the wake...

The Ministry of Education, frustrated with the increased incidents of violence in schools, has partnered with Peace and Love in Society (PALS) to implement a five-year behaviour modification programme, aimed at reducing anti-social and disruptive behaviours. The Ministry will provide $7 million for the first phase of the project, which will run from May to December, and will involve 90...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding has told the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, and the Lord Bishop of Jamaica, Alfred Reid that his government is open to having Churches manage public schools and select their own teaching staff. He was receiving the churchmen who visited him this morning (May 8) at Jamaica House. The Prime Minister, a confirmed Anglican who was...

Minister of Education Hon. Andrew Holness, has said that the Government is serious about addressing the problem of youth at risk, especially as it relates to young males, who are the main victims and perpetrators of crime. The Minister, who was addressing the Regional Caribbean Conference on Keeping Boys out of Risk, on Tuesday (May 5) at the Rose Hall...

The Press Association of Jamaica (PAJ), Central Chapter, participated in Read Across Jamaica Day, with officers visiting the Christiana Moravian Primary and Infant School, in Manchester, on May 5. Principal of the institution, Paul Baker, in welcoming the PAJ officers, headed by the representative in Central Jamaica, Glendon Baker, said their effort will enhance the school's endeavours to lift literacy...