Building a Better Jamaica

KINGSTON (JIS)
Thursday, September 02, 2010

Minister of Education, Hon. Andrew Holness, is confident that there will be a smooth start to the 2010/2011 academic year.

"From the Ministry's perspective, we have provided the education system with the requisite resources for a seamless start up," he noted, while addressing journalists on September 1, during a back-to-school press briefing at the Ministry, in Kingston.

KINGSTON (JIS)
Thursday, September 02, 2010

Education Minister, Hon. Andrew Holness, says parents who fail to send their children to school on a regular basis could face strict penalties under the Education Act and the Child Care and Protection Act.

Mr. Holness was speaking at a press conference, held at the Ministry on September 1, to address back-to-school issues.

KINGSTON (JIS)
Thursday, September 02, 2010

Officials at the Ministry of Education have said that a recent audit of the secondary schools' National Textbook Programme has saved the education system approximately $200 million for the academic year 2010/2011.

Speaking at a Back to School press conference at the Ministry in Kingston, on Wednesday (September 1), Education Minister, the Hon. Andrew Holness, said the audit had revealed a number of inadequacies in the system.

Holness wants action against persons who keep kids from school
BY LUKE DOUGLAS Observer writer editorial@jamaicaobserver.com
Thursday, September 02, 2010

EDUCATION Minister Andrew Holness is advocating for parents who refuse to send their children to school to be arrested and charged.

KINGSTON (JIS)
Thursday, August 26, 2010

Approximately 13 infant schools are to be built across the island, following Cabinet's approval of a Ministry of Education submission for grants from the Chinese Government to start the construction.

KINGSTON (JIS)
Thursday, August 26, 2010

Cabinet has approved the new policy position on Government subsidies for students pursuing the Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) Examinations.

"The new policy will see government subsidies going to students who have attained a historic grade that would ensure a pass at the actual sitting of the exam. So we would no longer fund the two compulsory subjects and the one other science and information technology subject on a broad scale," Minister of Education, Hon. Andrew Holness said.

Published: Friday | August 27, 2010
Jamaica Gleaner - Nadisha Hunter

A special facility for students displaying behavioural problems in the regular school system is to be opened in January.

Education Minister Andrew Holness made the announcement at the weekly post-Cabinet media briefing, on Wednesday.

He said the special school was designed to deal with students whose behaviour cannot be managed by school administrators.

Approximately 250 students who display behavioural problems are in the system each year.

Thursday, August 26, 2010
Jamaica Observer

GOVERNMENT subsidy of fees for the CXC examinations will, as of next year, be based on the academic performance of students over time.

Education Minister Andrew Holness, speaking at yesterday's post-Cabinet press briefing, said that Cabinet has approved the new policy on Government subsidies for all CXC exams.

The education minister said that his ministry loses approximately $5 million in fees annually as students fail to turn up to sit the examinations paid for by Government.

Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Jamaica Observer

THE Jamaica Teachers' Association has welcomed plans by the State to purchase property for the first 'time-out' facility for disruptive students, while urging the Government to consider more of such facilities.

BY KIMMO MATTHEWS Observer staff reporter matthewsk@jamaicaobserver.com
Friday, August 20, 2010

Courtesy of Jamaica Observer

THE Tredegar Park All-Age School in St Catherine will be reopened for the start of the new school year in September, Education Minister Andrew Holness said yesterday.