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JPS and Partners Credit Union awards 55 bursaries and scholarships

Students were selected based on academic merit, work ethic, discipline and financial need.

  • | Education

UWI, Glasgow University sign £20 million reparations agreement

The £20 million agreement was signed at the Regional Headquarters of The UWI in Kingston, Jamaica on July 31, 2019 by Vice-Chancellor,…

  • | News, Education

4,000 J’can students to benefit from literacy and numeracy interventions

The $38-million project involves partnership with the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information and is being implemented in the parishes…

  • | Education

Parents, principals will be required to complete international student assessment survey

High schools across the island will participate in PISA for the first time in 2021.

Speaking…

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90 trained under aspiring principals programme

These individuals, who were trained under the National College for Educational Leadership’s (NCEL)…

  • | Education

Inspired Jamaican couple publishes powerful motivational children's book

The couple says the idea for the book came after not finding sufficient positive content within the…

  • | Diaspora, Education

Multi-million dollar tuition-free private school to be built in St Catherine

The institution will cater to 840 students, aged four to 18, who hail from communities deemed marginalised…

  • | Education

From Marlie Mount to Glenmuir High | Autistic boy who doesn’t write aces PEP

The Marlie Mount Primary student was highly proficient in all but one subject area when the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) results were announced…

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Old Harbour Primary on the right track says principal following PEP performance

According to Goode, 80 percent of the cohort of 260 students is proficient based on the results, but a deeper analysis will be done to…

  • | Education

85% of Marlie Mount students proficient in PEP

Perusing the data of the school’s performance, principal Calvin Harris said he was pleased by the efforts of the teachers and students…

  • | Education

Ahmadiyya Muslim community to stage 2nd annual summer camp for children

The two-week camp is scheduled to run from July 8-18 from 2:00 pm – 5:30 pm daily.

Registration is free, while only children…

  • | Education

Prime Minister Holness commends church for role in education

Speaking at the graduation ceremony for Campion College at the institution in St. Andrew on June 27, Mr.…

  • | Education

$110m approved for 14 new classes at Marlie Mount

A further $40 million has been granted for the building of four additional classes for the infant department, Calvin Harris, school principal…

  • | Education

Marlie Mount Primary improve NEI score

The previous NEI assessment was done five years ago.

“Many schools do not get good. And only two schools I know of, that has got…

  • | Education

A class act | Old Harbour family revels as relative Rushena Rose conquers USA academic frontier

Undoubtedly it was one of his proudest moments after witnessing his one and only sister graduating from Montclair State University in the US…

  • | Diaspora, Education

Old Harbour charity celebrates silver jubilee, targets 2,000 Jamaican kids this year

What started out in 1994 as a simple Christmas treat for 40 children in tiny community of Bodles – a five-minute drive west of the Old…

  • | Diaspora, Education