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PHOTOS: Minister Samuda With Teacher In Hospital

October 14, 2019

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CAPTION ONE: Minister without Portfolio with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda (left); Acting Chief...

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Improvement In Grade Four PEP Test

October 14, 2019

JIS: Minister without Portfolio with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, is reporting improvement in the results from the recent Primary...

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No Shortage Of Textbooks Or Furniture In Schools

October 14, 2019

JIS: The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information is reporting that there is no shortage of textbooks or furniture in schools.

Free text books are...

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$7-Million Rainwater Harvesting System Installed At Enid Bennett High

October 14, 2019

JIS: The St. Catherine-based Enid Bennett High School is expecting savings of up to 50 per cent on its annual water bill from the establishment of a $7-million rainwater...

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Jamaica To Participate In UN World’s Largest Lesson

JIS: Jamaica will be among several countries that will participate in the United Nations (UN) World’s Largest Lesson (WLL) 2019 between September and November.

The WLL is part of the UN’s ‘Project... Read more
University of The Commonwealth Caribbean Opens Innovation...

JIS: The University of the Commonwealth Caribbean (UCC) has established an Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Technology Centre, thereby providing a space for students and innovators with entrepreneurial and new technology-... Read more
JSIF Spearheading Projects to Boost Special Education

JIS: Several projects are being spearheaded by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) aimed at strengthening capacity in the special education sector.

These initiatives, which are scheduled to be... Read more
Teachers to Participate in Math Workshop August 21-23

JIS: Three hundred primary school teachers from Jamaica, Turks and Caicos Islands and Belize are expected to gather at the annual three-day mathematics training workshop, Amazing Math Powers (AMP), from August 21-23 at the... Read more
School Administrators Urged to Take Steps to Eliminate Sexual...

JIS: The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information is advising administrators in educational and training institutions to take the necessary steps to eliminate incidents of sexual harassment.

The... Read more
JSIF Constructing Infant Department at Barrett Town Primary

JIS: The Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) is constructing an infant department at the Barrett Town Primary School in St. James at a cost of $34 million.

Funding is being provided by the European... Read more
OEC to Build State-of-the-Art Multipurpose Facility

JIS: The Overseas Examinations Commission (OEC) is to construct a smart, flexible state-of-the-art multipurpose facility at its headquarters in Kingston, during the 2019/20 financial year.

A similar... Read more
Parenting Education Project to be Expanded

JIS: Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green, says the Parenting Education Project will be expanded to reach more parents across the island.

The initiative... Read more
Students Receive Assistance from International Proxy Parents

JIS: Sixty-six students from 19 high schools are benefiting from scholarships donated by the International Proxy Parents (IPP), a charitable organisation whose members include representatives of the diplomatic corps.
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New Curriculum for Intellectually Challenged Students

JIS: The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information has developed a new curriculum for students with moderate to severe intellectual disabilities.

The document, which replaces the curriculum that was... Read more