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The 2009/10 academic year got off to a smooth start in Region Four yesterday (Sept. 7), with all 163 institutions in the parishes of Trelawny, St. James, Hanover, and Westmoreland, opening their doors to accommodate students. Checks made by JIS News across the parishes revealed that furniture and staffing needs were met for schools at all levels, while all students...

Fourteen secondary school students in Manchester and Clarendon have received scholarships and books valued at more than $420,000, from alumina company, Jamalco. The students received $30,000 each, and will, if they maintain their grades and discipline, get the same amount for the 2010 academic year. The handing over ceremonies were held at three locations in the company's operating areas of...

Consultant to the Minister of Education, Robert Miller, has called on students of the Northern Caribbean University (NCU) to reach out and provide service to the wider community. "When we give service, we are making connections with ourselves, and the communities in which we live and operate," he stated. Mr. Miller was addressing the first meeting of the NCU's United...

Career choices for senior students at one of the country's oldest secondary institutions, the prestigious Jamaica College, in Kingston, have widened with the introduction of an aviation programme in the school's curriculum, beginning this academic year. The programme, the first of its kind to be offered at any high school in the English-speaking Caribbean, was recently launched at the Old...

Four St. James 4-H clubbites have received bursaries totalling $180,000, to assist in continuing their education during the 2009/2010 academic year. Tricia McBean, an 11th grader at Montego Bay High School; Steve Turner, an 8th grader at Cornwall College; Henrica Thompson, a first year student at UWI; and Marla-Kay Richards, a first year student at the Montego Bay Community College,...

Fourteen high school students from Manchester and Clarendon, who received 5-year scholarships last year from bauxite/alumina producer, Jamalco, were handed the second tranche of the funds on Friday (September 4). The scholarships are valued at a total of $420, 000 and were awarded last year to children selected from communities falling under each of the seven operating Jamalco community councils,...

Queen's School student, Candice Anderson, is giving high marks to the National Youth Services' Summer Employment Programme. The upper sixth former, who participated in the programme for three years, says she has learnt some valuable life lessons that will ensure her success in future pursuits. "Initially, I just went to the NYS as a means to (earn money) and to...

As preparations for the new school year shift into high gear, students are being reminded that they have a responsibility to make the best of the opportunity to do well in school. This message comes from Acting Assistant Chief Education Officer in the Ministry of Education with responsibility for Guidance and Counselling, Antoinette Brooks, speaking with JIS News, recently. She...

First year students attending the University of The West Indies (UWI) Mona's Western Jamaica campus, were advised to make sure that they enjoy the field of study they are pursuing, as only then will life within the institution be memorable. The advice came from Minister of Water and Housing, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, as he addressed the group at a...

Starting Monday (September 7), the National Transformation Programme (NTP) will be monitoring the Half-Way-Tree Transport Centre, with the aim of contributing to a positive behavioural change among students using the facility. "We are going to be on the ground, with the support of Mothers Patrol, the parents' body, and Students for Transformation, in engaging and encouraging our students to that...

With the new academic year set to get underway on September 7, schools are being encouraged to adopt a zero tolerance approach to indiscipline and illegal activities. "We are saying to the parents, administrators and the teachers that whatever is illegal in society is also illegal within the schools and we expect that there should be no cover up to...

Students for Transformation (SFT), an affiliate of the National Transformation Programme (NTP), has devised a work plan for transformational activities in schools, through their student leaders, for the new academic year. This was announced by the NTP's Director of Development, Planning and Monitoring, Fabian Brown, on Wednesday (Sept. 2) during the JIS weekly Think Tank session, at its head office...