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Minister of Education (MOE), Hon Andrew Holness, has reassured parents that his Ministry will continue to assist students taking Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) subjects this year, but that the process must become performance-based next year. "The discussions I have heard from various quarters, that students will be deprived, is not true. I want to assure Jamaica, that the students...

Minister of Education, Hon. Andrew Holness, has stated that Jamaican law students at the University of the West Indies' (UWI), Cave Hill campus, Barbados, will continue to receive grants this year, but the Ministry will revert to original policy starting with the next set of applicants. The change to original policy will affect applicants with a first degree or who...

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to provide for greater standardisation in the assessment and accreditation of engineering programmes, was signed today (Oct.1) between the University Council of Jamaica (UCJ) and the Professional Engineers Registration Board (PERB). Chairman of the Engineering Accreditation Committee at PERB, Garth Kiddoe, speaking at the signing ceremony held at the UCJ's office on Oxford Road in...

Teachers are being provided with additional educational tools at the Materials Expo, which is being hosted by the Core Curriculum Unit of the Ministry of Education, at the Caenwood Centre in Kingston. During the two-day event, which opened Tuesday (September 29), principals of primary and secondary schools received curriculum support material developed by the Unit for use in their schools....

Representatives of the Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA) and the Government signed an agreement Tuesday (September 29) at the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Kingston, for the payment of salary arrears amounting to $8 billion. The parties agreed that the payments will be made as follows: Year 1 (2010-2011) - $4 billion, payable in two equal installments in May and...

More than 200 teachers graduated from the Catholic College of Mandeville (CCM), in Manchester, on September 27. The graduates, who gained qualifications ranging from Diplomas to Bachelor's degrees in teacher education, were encouraged by President of the College, Dr. Una O'Connor, to continue to the next level of qualification. Addressing the graduates at the Kendal Conference Centre, in the parish,...

Corporate Jamaica is being asked to offer more scholarships to persons, who want to pursue careers in sport. This call came from the Director of Sports at the University of Technology (UTech), Anthony Davis, while speaking at a press conference and reception on Saturday (Sept. 26) in the VIP lounge at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston. The event...

Jamaicans are being trained to fill practical nursing vacancies in Canada. The provision is being made under the Licensed Practical Nursing (LPN) Programme, which involves collaboration with the Government of Jamaica, the Centre For Nursing Studies (CNS) in Canada and Marmicmon Integrated Marketing and Communications. Training sites are: the Nuttall Hospital in Kingston; the Brown's Town Community College in St....

Hundreds of students, many courting careers in the Maritime sector, converged at the Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI) for three days last week, to learn more about the Maritime industry, at the institution's annual Open Day activities. Director of the CMI, Mr. Fritz Pinnock, explained that the three-day exhibition, which aimed to expose the Jamaican public, particularly students, to the offerings...

In an exciting nail biting finish, Sydney Pagon Agricultural High School defeated defending champion, Knockalva Agricultural High, and newcomer, Ebony Park HEART Academy, to win the second Pesticides Awareness Week Agricultural Schools Quiz Competition. The contest, sponsored by the Pesticides Control Authority (PCA), was held on Thursday (September 24) at Sydney Pagon Agriculture High, Elim, St. Elizabeth. The host school...

A boost in the number of Pharmacy and Dialysis Technicians entering the health sector is expected to result from the opening of a training school at the Lionel Town Hospital, Clarendon. At a ceremony on Wednesday (September 23) on the grounds of the hospital, Technical Director for the Southern Regional Health Authority, Keith Shakespeare, said that the Southern Regional Health...

Minister of Education, Hon Andrew Holness, has disclosed that the Government is contemplating a savings programme to support Jamaicans pursuing tertiary education. "We are setting up something called the National Education Trust Fund, and a part of that will be to manage a contributory payment scheme to help, in the future, when you are going to university," he said. He...