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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...

State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Culture, Senator Noel Monteith has cautioned against the hasty suspension and expulsion of students with chronic maladaptive behaviors from the school system, as in the future, this could present serious problems for these students and the society as a whole. He was speaking on Thursday (March 27) at the opening of...

Minister of Education, Youth and Culture, Maxine Henry Wilson has said that yesterday's launch of the 'Litkids Literary Competition 2003', another aspect of the Primary Education Support Project (PESP), was a part of the Ministry's attempt to "institutionalize the yearning for reading," Speaking at the launch, which was held at the Ministry's Heroes Circle headquarters, Mrs. Henry Wilson said that...

As some 54,189 students across the island prepare to sit the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) tomorrow (March 27), Minister of Education, Youth and Culture, Maxine Henry-Wilson, has encouraged them to remain calm and focused. "You will have to recall what you have learnt over the last few years, and do the best that you can. Don't worry about the...

Over 20,000 students benefitted from the Government's Cost Sharing Programme for the 2002/03 academic year. Of the 20,992 students who benefitted 12,561 had their tuition paid in full while the other 8,431 were paid in part. The Cost Sharing Programme was implemented some nine years ago to assist students at the Secondary School level who are unable to pay the...

Three schools in the parishes of St. Ann and St. Mary are participating in an educational programme, titled 'The River of Life Programme', geared at cultural exchange, environmental education and computer literacy. The schools, York Castle High and Moneague Primary & Junior High in St. Ann, and Iona High in St. Mary, have formed educational links with a number of organizations...

Persons in possession of books owned by the Jamaica Library Service have been given a three-month moratorium to return them without having to pay any penalty. Executive Director of the Jamaica Library Service, Patricia Roberts, told JIS News that the moratorium had been declared as a means of getting overdue books back in the library system. "Between this month and...

Professor Trevor Jackson, Campus Coordinator of the School of Graduate Studies and Research at the University of the West Indies has said that the University needed more financial assistance to help fund students' research work. "It is clear that the School (Graduate Studies) can not provide all the money that is required to assist students with their research, and we...

Pro Vice Chancellor and Dean of Graduate Studies and Research at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Mona, Professor Errol Morrison has said that a research consortium, consisting of four major tertiary institutions and one research institution, aimed at prioritizing the research portfolio mainly in the areas of health, culture and the environment, was recently established in Jamaica. The...