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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...

As part of a campaign to promote literacy at the Top Hill Primary School in St. Elizabeth, Reading Specialist, Dr. V. Elaine Carter, will be addressing parents of students attending the school, tomorrow (March 19), to get them more involved in the education of their children. Dr. Carter, who is also an International Consultant in Education, will speak on the...

A first aid kit valued at $3,000, was recently donated to the One Love Basic School in Mansfield Heights, Ocho Rios, St. Ann by members of the Young Children's Priority One Club. The kit contains antiseptic wash and ointment, lotion, cotton balls, gloves, gauze pads, tongue blades, alcohol, cough syrup, vitamins, and a pair of scissors. Club Director, Ava Neil,...

Some 50 students from three schools in Ocho Rios, St. Ann, are now benefiting from a breakfast programme, initiated by the Kiwanis Club of St. Ann. The schools include Parry Town Primary, Ocho Rios Primary and the One Love Basic School. Majorie Robinson, 1st Vice President of the club, told JIS News that the breakfast programme, which started about three...

Director of Culture in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Culture, Sydney Bartley, has encouraged teachers to integrate culture and the arts in their teaching methodologies. "Integrating culture and the arts in how we teach, in what we teach and how we interact with our children, will always be very important for them to develop a sense of who they...

Minister of Education, Youth and Culture, Maxine Henry-Wilson, has commended teachers who have remained in the classroom, "despite the significant challenges and negative encounters". "You have kept the ultimate prize in mind, and you are not daunted by all the naysayers, many of whom you encounter each day," the Minister told the teachers. She was speaking at the LASCO Teacher...

The Lorna Nembhard Auditorium and the Ivy Townsend Library at the Montego Bay Community College, in memory of late principals who had served the institution with distinction, were officially declared opened by Governor-General His Excellency the Most. Hon. Sir Howard Cooke on Wednesday (March 12). Glowing tributes were heaped on the late stalwart educators who went beyond the call of...