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All is in place for the Grade Four Literacy Test, which, for the first time this year, will be administered as a national examination. Just under 50,000 students across the island are expected to sit the test on Thursday, June 18, which according to Education Minister, Andrew Holness, will cost some $14 million. The Minister, who was speaking at a...

The Ministry of Education has launched a Child-Friendly School (CFS) sensitisation programme, through which it intends to inform educators about the CFS model, which is aimed at promoting quality education in schools. The programme is a collaborative effort with the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), which has developed the CFS manual, copies of which were distributed to the education stakeholders...

The Task Force on Child Abuse Prevention (TFCAP) will host an Information Fair and Mini Exhibition at the Port Maria Primary School, St. Mary, tomorrow(June 10), beginning at 8:30 a.m. under the theme, "Preserve the Environment, Protect Our Children." The day's activities will feature presentations relating to four of the environments in which a child operates: school, community, home and...

The Ministry of Education is reminding parents and guardians of students who sat the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) that transfers are NOT normally accommodated. However, where parents or guardians have genuine reasons, such as their relocation from one area of the country to another, they can ask for transfers, but they are NOT to approach the Ministry as a...

A competition, to come up with a winning design, which will become the model for future school construction, will be launched by the Education Ministry later this year. Portfolio Minister, Hon. Andrew Holness, made the announcement at the dual launch of the Child Friendly School sensitisation programme, and a public education campaign to promote Alternative Methods of Discipline in Schools,...

Four students of Jamaican heritage attending universities in the United States are the recipients of this year's Claude McKay Book Scholarship Awards. They are Shalonda Dale of Towson University in Maryland; Brandon Williams, Brown's College in Minnesota; Jerome Blake, Coppin State University in Baltimore, Maryland; and Kimberly Murray of Lincoln University, in Pennsylvania. The awards were presented on June 6,...

Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding took time out of his busy schedule Friday (June 5) to visit the Freetown Primary school, Clarendon, in response to a letter written to him on an exercise book page, by a 5-year-old student requesting books for the school's library. Mr. Golding said he was impressed by what was written by the student, Jardin...

Effortville Primary School in May Pen snagged the top prize at the National Solid Waste Management Authority's (NWSMA) Clean Schools Awards competition regional finals held on Wednesday (June 3) at the St. Mark's Anglican Church Hall in Mandeville, Manchester. The school, which was named the parish winner for Clarendon, also captured the top place in the 'best waste to art...

Students have been challenged to focus their minds on a career path, as when this is done, there is no power so great that can destroy their dreams. The charge was given by Manager of the Bank of Nova Scotia, Junction branch, in St. Elizabeth, Claudia Sanderson, as she addressed Career Day, which was staged at the BB Coke High...

Grade Four teacher at the Mineral Heights Primary School in Clarendon, Sean Thomas Murray, says that for students to do well in the annual Grade 4 Literacy Test, it is important that the parents become involved in their education. "Even though we call in the parents and tell them about the exam, sometimes the parents you really want to see...

General Manager of the Approved Financial Institutions (AFI) Relationship at the Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ), Emmy Lewars, is encouraging principals to attend Young Entrepreneurs Programme (YEP) meetings. Mrs. Lewars said this is necessary for the principals to effectively promote the programme to students, and submit recommendations for participation before the secondary and tertiary institutions are out this summer. "Without...

The Louise Bennett-Coverley All-Age School in East Rural St. Andrew, formerly Gordon Town All-Age, was officially reopened and renamed on Thursday(June 4). Nestled in the foothills of the Blue Mountains, along the Mavis Bank main road, the school has an enrollment of 695 students, with 21 teachers on staff. It provides quality primary education for children of Gordon Town, Middleton,...