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Everything is in place for the 2009 sitting of the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) on Thursday March 26 and Friday March 27. Forty nine thousand seven hundred students are registered for the examination. GSAT materials have been dispatched and are to be collected by the principals of schools in time for the examination. Presiding examiners and invigilators have been...

The delivery of education at the Ramble Primary School, in St. Mary, has been significantly enhanced, with the construction of a resource centre at the institution, by the Digicel Foundation. The Ramble Primary School Resource Centre, which was officially handed over to the school on Friday, March 20, was built and equipped at a cost of approximately $6 million. Completed...

United Kingdom-based Jamaican, Verley Josephs, is working to transform the small primary school that he attended in rural St. Elizabeth, into a model institution for primary education. Through the Association of Friends of Primary Education, which he founded, Mr. Josephs raised several thousand pounds to build and equip a new library at the Fyffe's Pen Primary School, with adjoining medical...

Students of Campbell's Castle All-age in Manchester benefited from water conservation tips at a World Water Day event held at the school on Monday (March 23). The event, organised by alumina refinery company, Jamalco included presentations on the significance of World Water Day, and facts about water and water-related projects supported by the company; and a mini-quiz, with winners receiving...

Five high school students of Caribbean descent received tertiary level scholarships from the Caribbean Educators' Association (CARE), at the fourth annual scholarship banquet on Friday (March 20), at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Palm Beach, Florida, United States of America (USA). The scholarship recipients are Farah Ali, Laderne Cadeus, Michka Barham, Kimberly Williams and Jhonny Thermidor. They are high school seniors...

Operators of some 75 early childhood institutions in Kingston and St. Andrew are set to benefit from training to improve health and safety standards at the facilities. The Council for Voluntary Social Services (CVSS) has secured some $1 million in funding for the training programme, which will cover health and sanitation, disaster and emergency management preparedness, and fire safety. Chairman...

Assistant Chief Education Officer in the Student Assessment Unit, at the Ministry of Education, Sharon Neil, is appealing to parents to support and not pressure their children, in light of the upcoming Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT), which takes place on March 26 and 27. "I believe that parents have a critical role to play in helping the children to...

Permanent Secretary in the Education Ministry, Audrey Sewell, has called on corporate Jamaica to form collaborative partnerships with the Government to improve the education sector. According to Mrs. Sewell, the Government was "stretched thin in terms of resources and cannot fix everything, and needs the assistance and commitment of every Jamaican." She was addressing the launch of Sagicor Life Jamaica...

The Ministry of Education's target of 100 per cent competence in literacy and numeracy in primary and secondary schools, could be significantly boosted by the Fun 4 Kidz/Sanya Richards Fast Track After School Programme in Jamaica. The brainchild of American Educator, Andrew Post, with significant input from Jamaican-born American 400 metres runner, Sanya Richards, the programme incorporates academics and extra-curricular...

The Rotary Club of Mandeville, Manchester, has contributed $100,000 to the Sickle Cell Trust, for the screening of children in the parish. President of the club, McClooney Blair, who made the presentation to the Trust recently, told JIS News that this was another move to improve and promote health care for children in Manchester. "This year we are focusing on...

Seventy-five teachers, who were recently trained to integrate Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) into the formal teaching-learning process, graduated on Friday, March 13, in a ceremony held at the Hampton High School in St. Elizabeth. The teachers, drawn from Hampton and BB Coke High Schools in the parish, have been certified to international standards. They represent the first of four...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding has said that the Government would be embarking on a national education initiative to build schools, under the Ministry of Education's National Education Fund. According to the Prime Minister, the Fund would be launched soon, following Cabinet's approval, and establishment of the legislative framework. This will be followed by a public awareness campaign to promote the...