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Top achievers at the Bog Walk High School in St. Catherine, display their trophies and certificates at the school’s Annual Awards ceremony held on March 23 at the institution.
Top achievers at the Bog Walk High School in St. Catherine, display their trophies and certificates at the school’s Annual Awards ceremony held on March 23 at the institution.

Education State Minister Encourages Stakeholders at Bog Walk High School

By: Garfield L. Angus, March 27, 2017
Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green, is urging school administrators not to allow the issue of fees and indiscipline to affect children’s...
Brandon Bennett, student of Vauxhall Technical High School (centre), explains how the circuit which he helped to build works. The device was on display at Open Day held at the institution on Friday March 24.

Vauxhall High Host Open Day

By: Andrine Davidson, March 26, 2017
Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (third right) is pictured with from left, students of the Kingston Technical High School, Javier Grant and Javaughn Rose; Founder and Director of the Jamaican American Athletic Development (JAMAAD) Incorporated, Nicole Hoyen-Birch and Students of the Kingston Technical High School, Rayion Watson and Garfield O’Connor. They were at the launch of the Touchdown Project at the Overseas Examinations Commission in Kingston on March 23. Others in the background are from left: Education Officer for Physical Education in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Elton Johnson and Director of JAMAAD, Zachery Harding.

Touchdown Project Launched

By: Rochelle Williams, March 26, 2017

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State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green (right), in discussion with United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission Director, Maura Barry-Boyle (left) and Chairman of the Digicel Foundation, Jean Lowrie-Chin, during the handing over of the Enrichment Initiative to the Education Ministry on March 22 at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in Kingston. The programme seeks to improve literacy in all primary schools.
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Literacy Project Reaping Success

The Enrichment Initiative, which seeks to achieve 100 per cent literacy among primary-school students, has been handed over fully to the Ministry of Education. The project was initiated in 2009...
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By: Rochelle Williams, March 24, 2017
Knox Community College students pursuing the Associate of Science Degree in Architectural and Construction Technology show off their work - a model of their school (Knox Community College, Cobbla Campus in Manchester), during College Day held on March 15. The College has four campuses – Cobbla, Mandeville, Spaldings and May Pen.
Education

Students Attend College Day at Knox

Students from 40 schools in Central Jamaica attended the annual ‘College Day’ staged by Knox Community College, Cobbla Campus, in Manchester, on March 15. Held under the theme ‘Forging Forward:...
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By: Christine Ade-Gold, March 22, 2017
Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (left) and Japan’s Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Masanori Nakano (2nd right), display a symbolic cheque for a $10-million (US$82,214) grant which was presented to the Principal of Middleton Primary School in St. Thomas, Jennifer Crawford (2nd left), to construct a canteen at the institution. The money has been provided under the Japanese Government’s Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects. Sharing the moment is Middleton Primary student, Abigail Johnson.
Education

Principals Welcome Assistance from Japan

Administrators at the Highgate Primary and Junior High School in St. Mary and Middleton Primary School, St. Thomas, have welcomed the $24-million (US$195,817) grant funding from Japan for infrastructural works...
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By: Douglas McIntosh, March 18, 2017
Health Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (2nd left), gets a high-five from media personality, Christopher ‘Johnny’ Daley (right), after participating in a tug-o-war contest with students attending the finale of the Ministry’s Health Youth Positive Energy (HYPE) School Tour at the University of Technology (UTech) in St. Andrew on Friday (March 17). The event was staged in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information to promote healthy lifestyles in schools.
Education

Hundreds of Students Attend Hype Event

Hundreds of students from schools in Kingston, St. Andrew, St. Catherine and St. Thomas converged at the University of Technology (UTech) for Friday’s (March 17) Health Youth Positive Energy (HYPE)...
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By: Douglas McIntosh, March 17, 2017