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A new basic school constructed at a cost of some $4 million, has opened in the community of Higgins Land, St. Ann to accommodate over 100 students. The school was constructed through funding from the Social Economic and Support Programme (SESP), Lift Up Jamaica, Kaiser Jamaica Bauxite Company (KJBCo.) and the community. Speaking at the official opening ceremony yesterday (April...

Persons living in North East Manchester are being invited to a Book Fair which will be held at the Christiana High School on May 7, beginning at 10 a.m. The event is being organised by the School's Reading Department and is designed to improve reading at both the school as well as national levels. One of the Principal Organizers for...

Minister of Education, Youth and Culture, Maxine Henry-Wilson, left the island yesterday (April 23) for Paramaribo, Suriname, where she will participate in the Distinguished Lecture Series to commemorate the Caribbean Community's (CARICOM) 30th anniversary. The Minister will make her presentation today, to coincide with the 8th Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development, scheduled to take place from...

Minister of Education, Youth and Culture, Maxine Henry Wilson has lauded schools' savings programmes initiated by financial institutions as, "a very positive initiative" and effective means of teaching children to save and plan for the future. Speaking with JIS News, the Minister said that as a high consumption society, it was important to instill the value of thriftiness in the...

Students from the over 200 high schools across the country are being encouraged to submit applications for nominees to run in the upcoming National Executive elections, for the National Secondary Student's Council (NSSC). Jody Grizzle, Programme Development Specialist at the National Centre for Youth Development (NCYD), said that the elections slated to take place at St. George's College on April...

The Osbourne Store Primary and Junior High School in Clarendon has hosted a Boys' Day in an effort to develop self confidence and foster positive behavior among their male students. The day was celebrated on Wednesday (April 9) at the school. Acting Principal, Sonia Black said that the purpose of the day was to "reverse a growing trend of male...

Retired Principal of the Spring Village Basic School in St. Catherine, Mavis Walters, has been honored by the community for 44 years of dedicated service to Education, and for establishing the basic school. At a special ceremony held at the Spring Village Training Centre on April 7, a citation was read in her honor by Luna Bailey, Justice of the...

President of the Jamaican Council for Adult Education (JACAE), Dr. Adolph Cameron, has said that there needed to be consensus among educators and parents, on what is required to provide quality education for children. Speaking with JIS News at the 'Quality Education' Forum hosted recently by the Jamaica National Commission for United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), at...

An increasing number of students from the 72 schools involved in the New Horizon Project are gaining passes in Mathematics in the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT). Margaret Sancho, Director of the Office of Development at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) said that 45 per cent of the girls and 29 per cent of the boys in...

The Jamaica Movement for Adult Literacy (JAMAL) programme in St. Ann has received a boost with the donation of three computers by the National Commercial Bank (NCB), increasing the total number of computers to six. The National Housing Trust contributed the first three last year. Samuel Lyons, Area Manager, said the computers would be utilized to provide basic computer training...

The Jamaican Council for Adult Education (JACAE) is impacting the teaching techniques of those who deliver adult education at a variety of levels, through its alliance with the 125-year-old Mount St. Vincent University in Halifax, Canada. Coordinator of the programme, Una Kettle, tells JIS News that the alliance, which is entering its fifth year, facilitates the delivery of two postgraduate...

Basic school children in Southwest Clarendon are to benefit from 10 computers donated by JAMALCo, the bauxite and alumina company in the parish. The computers were handed over recently at a ceremony held at the Clarendon Early Childhood Resource Centre in Four Paths. This donation is being complemented by a training programme launched this week, under which basic school teachers...