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Thirty students from 11 Primary and All-age schools in North Clarendon who gained the highest marks from that region in the recent Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT), have been awarded bursaries from $5,000 to $10,000. Minister of Labour and Social Security, Horace Dalley The bursaries were presented by Member of Parliament for the area, and Minister of Labour and Social...

The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) on Wednesday (Aug. 20) handed out ozone saving equipment valued at US$70,000 to 15 refrigerant technicians in Montego Bay. The technicians, representing several institutions in St. James including Air Jamaica, Cornwall Regional Hospital, Versair and HEART/NTA's Cornwall Automotive Institute, were handed the machinery after they had participated in an extensive workshop, where they...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Labor and Social Security, Senator Floyd Morris, has said that some 168,000 children aged between zero and 17 years will benefit from the Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH), by the end of the financial year. He said the Programme has been expanded to incorporate more children by moving the beneficiary...

Work has commenced to address some of the social needs of the four inner-city communities that have been targeted for improvement under the Government's anti-crime initiative. Allister Cooke, Social Intervention coordinator for the Anti-Crime Initiative, told JIS News that bathroom facilities had been installed in some 35 households in the communities of Denham Town, Hannah Town, Payne Avenue/McKoy Lane and...

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Culture is this week hosting a five-day workshop with a delegation from Mexico to examine methodologies to advance the development of basic education in marginalized and rural communities in both countries. The workshop is being hosted under the Educational and Cultural Cooperation Programme 2002-2004 between both countries. Speaking at the opening ceremony today at...

There is nothing more heart-warming to Naomi Levy Cunningham than the touch of a tiny hand, or the childlike enthusiasm expressed in the recital of a poem or the quick answer to a question. Mrs. Cunningham says she is very proud of all 80 students under her watch at Apex Kinder-School in Waterhouse. Mrs. Cunningham started the school from scratch...

Parents are urged to plan in advance when selecting early childhood facilities, so they can be satisfied that they are placing the care of their children in safe and qualified hands. "They must recognise that early childhood education facilities are imperative, as they are the catalysts for early social integration. This stage is more about a total development, protection and...

Madge Linton, Assistant Chief Education Officer in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Culture's Early Childhood Unit, has called on parents and educators to work to instill good values and attitude in children at an early age. She said with the most important period of a child's development occurring between birth and five years, it was essential that their attitudinal...

Students pursuing higher education at the tertiary level, are now able to transfer credits from one tertiary institution to another, with the launching of the Tertiary Qualifications Framework by the University Council of Jamaica (UCJ). Minister of Education, Youth and Culture, Maxine Henry-Wilson, who launched the document at the Jamaica Pegasus on April 29, noted that this approach would enhance...

The Government has selected the Islington Basic School in St. Mary as the National Project for Labor Day 2003 and has allocated $2 million for the renovation of the early childhood facility. The upgrading of the institution, which was founded in 1938, is also meant to pay homage to the country's first basic school, which was founded by Rev. Henry...

Unknown to many, early childhood education commences before a child enters a basic or infant school. In fact, it begins as early as daycare. Speaking to JIS News, Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Culture, with special responsibility for youth, Dr. Donald Rhodd, stressed that daycare centres play a pivotal role in the developmental process of...

Two new facilities designed to improve agricultural production and training have been opened at the Ebony Park HEART Academy at Tollgate in Clarendon. The facilities are a state-of-the-art poultry house, which has established in conjunction with the Jamaica Broilers Group of Companies at a cost of $9 million, and an agro-processing laboratory, set up in collaboration with the Caribbean Regional...