April 19, 2017
Summerfield Child Facility Refurbished
JIS: Some $50 million has been spent by the Child Development Agency (CDA) to refurbish the Summerfield Child Facility in Clarendon, which houses 31 teenage girls. Speaking at the official reopening on…
April 19, 2017
Students Need to be More Aware About CARICOM
JIS: Head of the General Studies Department at Holland High School in Trelawny, Dageanna Spencer-Hull, has pointed to the need for Jamaican students to be more aware about matters relating to…
April 19, 2017
Early-Childhood Sector to Benefit from Mobay City Run
JIS: Acting Executive Director of the Early Childhood Commission (ECC), Karlene DeGrasse-Deslandes, is encouraging persons and entities in western Jamaica to support the MoBay City Run charity event, scheduled for May…
April 18, 2017
50 teachers participate in workshop on special learning needs
JIS: FIFTY early childhood and special needs teachers across the island last week participated in a Lindamood-Bell Learning Processes Workshop, which sought to better equip teachers with the techniques and resources…
April 18, 2017
Home Economics Education Plays Key Role in National Development
JIS: Director for the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information’s Western Regional Office, Dr. Michelle Pinnock, says home economics education continues…