Teenage pregnancy is a reality. But being a teenage mother should not be a 'death sentence', says Beryl Weir, Director of the Women's Centre of Jamaica Foundation. She insists that...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...