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Chief Executive Officer of the National Parenting Support Commission (NPSC), Kaysia Kerr, addresses a recent JIS ‘Think Tank’. (FILE)

NPSC Receives Assistance in Home-School Relationship Programme

By: Judith A. Hunter, August 17, 2018

The National Parenting Support Commission (NPSC) is getting much-needed assistance for its home-school relationship programme. Through the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information and the United States Agency for International...

This exercise, the Minister added, will be facilitated under the National Mathematics Programme (NMP).

Education Ministry Deploying 100 Mathematics Coaches to Schools Islandwide

By: Ainsworth Morris, August 17, 2018

Education, Youth and Information Minister (MOEYI), Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (left), along with Counsellor, Embassy of Japan in Jamaica, Shinichi Yamanaka (centre), who presented an information kit for the Professional Development Programme for MOEYI Mathematics Specialists and Teacher Educators to Principal, Moneague Teachers’ College, Howard Isaacs, during the initiative’s launch on Thursday (August 16) at the Mona Visitors’ Lodge in St. Andrew.

Education Ministry Launches Mathematics Development Programme

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Board Chairman of United Way of Jamaica, Dr. Marcia Forbes (right), affixes her signature to the symbolic cheque for $1.472 million, which will be used to assist six basic schools with their preparations to become certified with the Early Childhood Commission (ECC), during a ceremony held at the offices of the National Volunteer Centre, Camp Road, in Kingston, on August 16. Observing (from left) are: Principal, Sanguinetti Early Childhood Institution, Diana Douse; Principal, Nutshell Basic School, Eunice Johnson; Chairman, Nutshell Basic School, Yulanda Goehagon; and Chairperson of the ECC, Mrs. Trisha Williams-Singh.

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United Way Donates $1.47 Million to Six Basic Schools

United Way of Jamaica has provided grant funding of $1.472 million to six basic schools islandwide, which will assist the institutions with their preparations to become certified with the Early...

By: Latonya Linton, August 17, 2018

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, speaks at Press Conference regarding the 2018 CSEC results, at the Mona Visitors’ Lodge & Conference Centre in Kingston, on Thursday (August 16).

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Increase in CSEC Passes

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, has announced an increase of 3.8 per cent in passes by students who sat the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate...

By: Ainsworth Morris, August 17, 2018

Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (centre), makes a point to President of EduCom Co-op Credit Union, C. Leopold Nesbeth (left), at the credit union’s 2018 scholarship awards ceremony at The Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston on August 15. At right is Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of EduCom, Elvis King.

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Employers Should Diversify Job Requirements – Education Minister

Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, has endorsed a suggestion made by the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) for employers to diversify their job requirements by requesting...

By: Chad Bryan, August 16, 2018

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green (centre), shares a moment with twins Renehia (left) and Tenehia Currie after presenting them with education grants during the Public Sector Employees Co-operative Credit Union's Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) awards ceremony at the St. Stephen’s United Church, Cross Roads, Kingston, on Wednesday (Aug. 15). A total of 74 students received education grants totalling $1 million from the credit union.

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Parents Urged to Start Saving Early for Children’s Tertiary Education

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green, is urging parents and guardians to start saving early for their children’s tertiary education. “It shows...

By: Chris Patterson, August 15, 2018

Project Manager for the Improved Safety and Security in Schools Project, Yvonne Brown, addresses a JIS Think Tank on August 14.

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Schools Equipped with Metal Detectors

A total of 130 schools have been equipped with hand-held metal detectors and walk-through devices installed in five institutions under the US$4 million Improved Safety and Security in Schools Project....

By: Judith A. Hunter, August 15, 2018

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green (centre), engages with Unicomer Jamaica Managing Director, Dennis Harris (left); and Business Unit Director of Unicomer Jamaica, Ann-Marie Walters, at the Courts Customer Scholarship 2018 Awards ceremony, held at The Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston on August 14.

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Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green, says that the Government is in a state of readiness for the upcoming school year. He...

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Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information Minister, Hon. Floyd Green (left), presents a certificate of award to Danielle Barrett at Courts' 2018 Customer Scholarship Awards ceremony at The Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston on August 14.

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Corporate Jamaica Urged to Support Brain Builders Programme

The Government is calling on corporate support to extend the reach of its Jamaica Brain Builders Programme, which is designed to ensure that the nation’s children get the best start...

By: Chad Bryan, August 15, 2018

Recipients of the Poverty Alleviation and Empowerment Foundation (PAEF), 2018 scholarship programme, at the presentation ceremony, held today (August 14), at the St. Catherine parish office of the Social Development Commission (SDC), in Spanish Town. With the students in the back row (from left) are: Donor to the Foundation, Michelle Smith; Chairman of the PAEF, Devon Samuels; Chief Executive Officer at United Way of Jamaica, Winsome Wilkins, and Executive Director of the PAEF, Pauline Gregory-Lewis.

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High School Students Receive Scholarships from PAEF

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