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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,...

Senior Research Fellow/Health Economist at the University of the West Indies (UWI), St. Augustine campus, Roger McLean, has said that health and education are key sectors in responding to the current economic crisis, as well as the challenges of globalisation. "These are the only sectors that are capable of enhancement and deepening of the human capital base," Mr. McLean told...

The inaugural Early Childhood Development Expo 2009, which will feature innovations in early childhood education and development, will be held on Tuesday (July 7) at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in Kingston. Under the theme: 'Stimulating Early Childhood Development in Jamaica', the event, which will run from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., will feature a seminar exploring cutting-edge practices and methodologies...

Special Advisor on Early Childhood Education and Parenting in the Ministry of Education, Dr. Rebecca Tortello, has called on Early Childhood instructors to adopt the concepts proposed in the newly revised curriculum. "We want our Early Childhood instructors to be able to become facilitators of the curriculum (and) to learn to facilitate teaching and learning, as opposed to standing up...

Chief Medical Officer (CMO) in the Ministry of Health, Dr. Sheila Campbell-Forrester, says Jamaica's ability to achieve the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015, has been significantly boosted by the Government's decision to abolish user fees in public hospitals and renew the primary health care system. Speaking at the launch of Jamaica's national report on the MDGs at...