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A new basic school constructed at a cost of some $4 million, has opened in the community of Higgins Land, St. Ann to accommodate over 100 students....
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Persons living in North East Manchester are being invited to a Book Fair which will be held at the Christiana High School on May 7, beginning at 10 a.m....
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Minister of Education, Youth and Culture, Maxine Henry-Wilson, left the island yesterday (April 23) for Paramaribo, Suriname, where she will participate in the Distinguished Lecture Series to commemorate the Caribbean Community's (CARICOM) 30th anniversar...
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Minister of Education, Youth and Culture, Maxine Henry Wilson has urged persons in leadership positions to provide guidance to members of the wider society on how to access health services....
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Minister of Education, Youth and Culture, Maxine Henry Wilson has lauded schools' savings programmes initiated by financial institutions as, "a very positive initiative" and effective means of teaching children to save and plan for the future....
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Head of the Bureau of Women's Affairs, Dr. Glenda Simms, is urging females "to take a more pro-active role" as it relates to the shaping of their future....
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Students from the over 200 high schools across the country are being encouraged to submit applications for nominees to run in the upcoming National Executive elections, for the National Secondary Student's Council (NSSC)....
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Israeli Journalist, Amira Hass, is this year's recipient of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize....
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The Osbourne Store Primary and Junior High School in Clarendon has hosted a Boys' Day in an effort to develop self confidence and foster positive behaviour among their male students....
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Retired Principal of the Spring Village Basic School in St. Catherine, Mavis Walters, has been honoured by the community for 44 years of dedicated service to Education, and for establishing the basic school....
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The Jamaica Foundation for Children (JFC) will hold its annual Children's Expo from May 16 to 18, this year, at the Ranny Williams Entertainment Centre in Kingston....
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President of the Jamaican Council for Adult Education (JACAE), Dr. Adolph Cameron, has said that there needed to be consensus among educators and parents, on what is required to provide quality education for children....
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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 teenage mothers should resolve to continue their education and pursue th...
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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)....
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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 number of computers to six. The National Housing Trust contributed t...
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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 St. Vincent University in Halifax, Canada....
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Basic school children in Southwest Clarendon are to benefit from 10 computers donated by JAMALCo, the bauxite and alumina company in the parish....
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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 behaviours from the school system, as in the future, this could present ser...
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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 a part of the Ministry's attempt to "institution...
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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 to remain calm and focussed....
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