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The Ministry of Education is implementing strategies aimed at improving the performance of boys in numeracy, and enabling them to be more focused on Mathematics. Chief Education Officer in the Ministry of Education, Dr. Grace McLean, told JIS News on Thursday, April 3, during the John Rollin’s Success Primary Schools Math Olympics 2014 in Rose Hall, St. James, that a...

The Ministry of Education recently conducted a series of sensitisation sessions with principals of secondary schools to advance the integration of Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in the education system. Among the strategies discussed during the sessions were: the development of a TVET Policy, which will provide a national framework for the development and sustainability of TVET in the...

The Ministry of Education is collaborating with key stakeholders to prepare students to meet the needs of the Global Logistics Hub, which is to be established in time for the opening of the Panama Canal in 2015. Chief Education Officer, Grace McLean says discussions are currently being held with the HEART Trust/NTA and Caribbean Maritime Institute in this regard. “Cabinet...