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One hundred per cent literacy, equal education opportunities for all and free education at all levels, were some of the visions put forward by students who attended the March 5 education roundtable discussion at the Altamont Court Hotel in Kingston. The roundtable discussion, which is an initiative of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Culture and is aimed at reforming...

Grace, Kennedy and Company Limited will today (March 5) launch its international internship project, the Grace Kennedy Birthright Programme, targeted at children of Jamaican heritage living abroad. The launch is slated for the Hilton Hotel in Manhattan and Grace's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Douglas Orane and Chief Operating Officer of the Information Services Division, Brian Goldson, are expected to...

The St. Thomas Police Division is concerned about the large number of primary and high school students who loiter at bus parks, games arcade and shopping centres in Morant Bay during school hours. This concern was raised by Det. Sgt. Carlton James while addressing senior citizens and volunteers at a Senior Citizens Conference on Wednesday (March 4) at the Anglican...

In the midst of being taught conflict resolution and perhaps being brought to feel there might be a chance for peace and a time to dream, harsh reality intruded and disturbed the lives of students of the Charlie Smith Comprehensive High School in Kingston on January 28, when their classmate and friend 16-year-old, Rohan Thompson was killed by gunmen in...

Nineteen students representing four of Jamaica's traditional high schools are currently in New York participating in the United Nations International School conference at UN headquarters. The theme of this year's conference is 'Mass Media and its Influence on Information'. Accompanied by chaperones, Alicia Bromfield of Munro College; Ennever Taylor of St. Hugh's; Georgia Pinnock of Wolmers; and Bernadette Ranglin of...

Sixty years of service to Jamaica's human resource development, and the recorded achievements of the Jamaica Combined Cadet Force (JCCF), were showcased to the public in an exhibition staged by the force recently at Independence Park in Savanna-La-Mar, Westmoreland. The 60th anniversary exhibition saw hundreds of persons, including members of the JCCF participating in demonstrations, marches and educational presentations from...

The community of Epworth in St. Ann has benefited from a refurbished and expanded basic school, which was constructed and equipped at a cost of $3.4 million. Constructed through the efforts of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) and the Social Development Commission (SDC), with the community members providing five per cent of the project cost in cash or kind,...

A recent trace study conducted by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has revealed that approximately 60 per cent of youth who participate in the programmes that the National Youth Service (NYS) operates, either go on to being employed on a full-time basis or pursue higher learning in tertiary institutions. Executive Director of NYS, Reverend Adinhair Jones said, " the national...

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...

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...

Jamaican male students have performed creditably in some science subjects and information technology, surpassing their Caribbean counterparts. Data from the January 2003 Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) results show that for the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations, the greatest disparity between pass rates for Jamaican males and their Caribbean counterparts was in Physics. Of the 37 Jamaican male students who...