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A two-day literacy conference, which is aimed at arming educators and parents with the information and skills to improve reading among children, got underway on April 7 at the Northern Caribbean University (NCU) in Mandeville. The conference, which is being held in conjunction with Howard University in the United States of America, targets teachers, parents, administrators and policy makers, providing...

The Primary Education Support Project has received an injection of $615 million this fiscal year, as recorded in the 2009/2010 Estimates of Expenditure tabled in Parliament on April 7. The money is to be spent on making improvements to the performance, efficiency and equity of the primary education system through civil works projects, and the effective implementation of the Revised...

The Early Childhood Commission has received $59 million for its Early Childhood Development Project in the 2009/10 Estimates of Expenditure. The project is geared towards improving the monitoring of children's development, screening of household-level risks affecting such development, and implementation of early intervention systems. The project also aims to strengthen and enhance the quality of early childhood schools and care...

Minister of Transport and Works, Michael Henry, has said all Jamaicans have a duty to contribute to the education system, especially at the early childhood level, to ensure a wholesome society. Mr. Henry, who is Member of Parliament for Central Clarendon, was speaking at a recent graduation exercise in Clarendon for trained basic school personnel from the parish. He said...

Seventeen students from Northern Clarendon are the beneficiaries of scholarships, totaling $500,000, from the Constituency Development Fund (CDF). The scholarships were awarded as part of an educational programme run by the constituency's Member of Parliament, Laurence Broderick, who is also the Minister of State in the Ministry of Mining and Telecommunications. At the presentations at his ministry in Kingston on...

Professor the Hon. Errol Laurence Miller O.J. has been installed as the first Chancellor of Mico University College(formerly Mico Teachers College), Kingston. Chairman of the Lady Mico Trust, Henry Buxton, officiated at the ceremony at the institution's Marescaux Road campus, aided by: Pro-Chancellor, Dr. R. Karl James; President of the University College, Dr. Claude Packer; Vice-president, Dr. Carol Clarke; and...

Campion College student, Sherraine Phillips, was named the winner of the Access to Information (ATI) Unit's National Essay Competition on Thursday(April 2). She won the competition with an essay on the topic, 'Why is the Access to Information Act 2002 important to Jamaica's democracy, and how can it be used to improve your community?' The competition was launched last September,...

Twelve-year old Huddoy Walters is the pride of Port Antonio Primary, having copped top honours in the Junior Division of the 2009 Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association (FCCA) Environmental Poster Competition. For his winning poster titled: 'Preserving Our Island's Paradise', the Portland student not only defeated other entrants from the wider Caribbean and Latin America, but earned US$6,000 for himself and his...

The House of Representatives on Tuesday (March 31), approved a Government guarantee of US$2.75 million, of a loan of US$5.5 million to the University of the West Indies (UWI), to partially finance the construction of a Vice Chancellery building on lands adjacent to the Mona Campus. According to a Ministry Paper, which was tabled in the Lower House, the Vice...

Approximately 64 schools are to receive security fencing, as part of the safety and security initiative of the Ministry of Education (MOE), at a cost of $429.7 million, during the 2009-2010 academic year. The disclosure was made by Chief Building Officer in the MOE, Leonard Jackson, during an interview with JIS News. "Twelve schools benefitted from the programme in 2008/2009,...

Students For Transformation, the grouping of corporate area secondary schools, has launched a campaign aimed at promoting peace and camaraderie leading up to the staging of the Boys' and Girls' Athletic Championships. Members of the organisation's executive body today (March 27) announced a list of peace-building initiatives surrounding the event at a press conference held at the Office of the...

The Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI), in association with Security Administrators Limited (SAL), will officially launch a four-year Bachelor of Science degree in Security Administration and Management, at the Knutsford Court Hotel, in Kingston, on April 8, beginning at 5:30 p.m. Addressing a JIS 'Think Tank' on March 26, Executive Director of the CMI, Fritz Pinnock, explained that the degree programme...