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High school students have taken a keen interest in competitiveness and its importance in creating thriving businesses in Jamaica. The effort has paid off for students of three high schools who emerged winners, from a pool of 33 entrants, in the Compete Jamaica poster competition, launched by the Target Growth Competitiveness Committee (TGCC) last year. Javarie Hanlan of Morant Bay...

The Early Childhood Commission (ECC) is moving to provide Early Childhood practitioners with the strategies to help them promote and sustain positive behaviour without resorting to corporal punishment. This will be done through the hosting of a conference under the theme, 'Promoting Positive Behaviour', June 24 to 26, at the Jamaica Grande Hotel in Ocho Rios, St. Ann. The conference...

Principal of Garvey Maceo High School in Clarendon, Valda Gayle, is urging students to make use of the academic opportunities now available to adequately prepare for the future. "Students, who are not working as hard as they ought, I would say to them that they are facing a very difficult future. While they are in school here, they might not...

Education Minister, Hon. Andrew Holness, has announced plans by the Ministry to roll out the Jamaica Schools Administrative System (JSAS) software in over 600 schools islandwide. This, he said, is to equip administrators with the tools to make informed decisions regarding effective management of, and timely performance measurements at all levels within these institutions. The JSAS, which was developed by...

A total of 400 persons in St. Catherine graduated from the Jamaican Foundation for Lifelong Learning's (JFLL) foundation programme, on June 17 having completed basic literacy and numeracy courses. At the Achievers' Function, held at the Phillippo Baptist Church, Spanish Town, St. Catherine, the graduates heaped praise on the programme, explaining that it had given them a chance to become...

Manchester's Kendal All-Age School's Guidance and Counselling Department recently held a forum at the Kendal Community Centre, as part of its community outreach programme to help parents cope with the current economic crisis. The Department initiated the forum in light of growing concerns over absenteeism, and the welfare of students attending the school. Guidance Counsellor, Janet Burke, said that the...

The National Child Month Committee (NCMC) has extended the deadline for the submission of entries for its annual essay and poster competition to Friday, July 31. Vice Chair of the NCMC and co-ordinator of the competitions, Sandrea Long- White, told JIS News that the deadline was originally scheduled for the end of May, "but because of the demand and the...

A total of 26 Jamaican students have been awarded scholarships to study at universities in Cuba, under the 2009/10 Cuban Scholarship Programme. The scholarship awards, which were presented by Cuba's Ambassador to Jamaica, Gisela Garcia Rivera, at a ceremony held on June 14 at the Edna Manley College auditorium in Kingston, will enable the students to pursue study in the...

The Giddy Hall All-Age School, in St. Elizabeth, opened its computer laboratory on Sunday (June 14). The facility, donated by the school's Alumni Association's New York Chapter, houses some 23 computers and was constructed at a cost of US$46,000 (approximately J$4 million). The Principal, Lucille Barnaby, lauded the work of the graduates, as being very supportive of the students and...

High school and tertiary level students, graduating this month, are invited to attend the orientation sessions for the Young Entrepreneurs Programme (YEP) to be held at locations across the island between June 17 and July 9. The schedule for the sessions, which will run from 1: 00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., is as follows:Kingston - June 17 at the HEART/Trust...

Minister of Education, Hon. Andrew Holness, has said that the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) is not a good mechanism to determine the placement of students in secondary school and "should not be continued in the long run." He was speaking at a press conference held on June 11 at the Jessie Ripoll Primary School in Kingston, to provide details...

The new national French curriculum, to be introduced in high schools in September, was formally presented to Education Minister, Hon. Andrew Holness, at his Ministry in Kingston on Friday (June 12). The curriculum, developed for Grades 7-9, will be rolled out in all high schools where French is taught. Mr. Holness welcomed the move and said that, since French will...