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In an article published in the Gleaner today Education Minister of Jamaica has made an appeal and cast a challenge to the Education officers of Jamaica. “It is unacceptable. Let us make it quite clear. It can’t go on like this. The role of the education officers has to change. They have to be held more accountable and this is why we are putting the emphasis on early-childhood...

What is your experience with “at school” extra lessons for GSAT preparation? In this article published by the Gleaner… Axe coming for extra lessons – Lead Stories – Jamaica Gleaner – Monday | June 25, 2012. The Minister of Education says:  He added: “We know the financial struggle that many parents are already facing. … I have heard of cases...

Your Baby Can Read – Early Literacy – Parenting.com. We’re all looking for the perfect program or class to develop our latent baby Einsteins. Which is why the $199.95 Your Baby Can Read 5 DVD program (yourbabycanread.com) is so enticing — wouldn’t it be great if our babies were geniuses and could read? Of course, implicit in the marketing is the assumption that our babies...

GSAT is ‘apartheid’ – Lead Stories – Jamaica Gleaner – Wednesday | June 20, 2012. Despite its unfortunate and negative title, this article speaks POSITIVELY to the important need for parents to give support and presence to secondary schooling. As the national average goes UP (…. goood news!!! ) each school can be presumed to receive a better student. Parents...

Parents must pay auxiliary fees – education minister – Lead Stories – Jamaica Gleaner – Wednesday | June 20, 2012. In making his contribution to the 2012-2013 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives, Thwaites said the $11,500 subsidy provided by the Government for direct tuition for each child at the secondary level was insufficient to meet the reasonable cost...

VIDEO: ‘I wish GSAT would leave the earth’ – News – JamaicaObserver.com. “I see not only children suffering, but I see parents suffering,” he said. Results of the 2012 tests are expected to be released within a few days. The GSAT, which replaced the Common Entrance Examination in 19mathematics, Language Arts, Communication Tasks, Social Studies, and...

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The fire at Armadale Juvenile Correctional Centre on May 22, 2009 should have transformed Jamaica’s juvenile justice system. It should have caused a national reflection on how the State treats the vulnerable, the incarcerated and the condemned. Amidst ever-increasing levels of distrust in politicians and public officials, in addition to constant claims of inaction and a refusal to hold...

It’s official! For the first time ever in Jamaica, we now have an official National Children’s Day. By a proclamation of the governor general, he did “hereby, proclaim the third Friday in the month of May annually as National Children’s Day … ” This year, National Children’s Day is May 18. For the love of our children – National Children’s...

Age appropriate strategies to help your child cope with divorce or separation Children experience their parents’ separation/divorce differently throughout the different stages of development. The following are age appropriate suggestions for ways to help your child cope during this challenging period: Birth to 2 years At this stage maintaining consistency in your child’s environment is...