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Students Monitoring Earthquakes

High School Students to Assist in Monitoring Earthquakes JIS Story Highlights The country’s ability to detect, monitor and prepare for earthquakes is being strengthened through the input of secondary-school students. The project was officially launched at Ardenne High School in St. Andrew recently, where the first station was also opened. JAESN is being established as

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2017 Rhodes Scholarship Winner

Local Economics lecturer takes 2017 Rhodes Scholarship Rhodes Scholar by Aldane Walters | JamaicaObserver.com Career & Education writer When economics educator Shakeba Foster applied to the Jamaica Rhodes Scholarship Committee earlier this year, the only people she told about it were her aunts with whom she lives and a few close friends. She didn’t want to

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Funeral Service Certification

Funeral service degree comes to Kingston Funeral home workers in Kingston, St Andrew and surrounding areas will be able to access training and certification in the city as of January 2017. This, as the Montego Bay Community College will be taking its associate degree programme in funeral services and mortuary science to the Corporate Area.

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Secure Financial Aid for College

How to secure financial aid for college The US and Canadian college fairs held at the Spanish Court Hotel in Kingston at the beginning of the month have left many young Jamaicans excited about the many possibilities that exist for studying in the US. Generally speaking, the US provides more scholarship and financial aid opportunities

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2016 JSIF Awards

JSIF awards $26m in scholarships JSIF awards are annual tuition financing help for needy students in selected parishes by the Poverty Reduction Programme. The Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), which implements the Poverty Reduction Programme (PRP), recently awarded $26m in tuition assistance to 99 tertiary students from the parishes of Kingston, St Andrew, Clarendon, St

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Mutual Building Societies Foundation

The Mutual Building Societies Foundation (MBSF) Victoria Mutual continues to maintain its sponsorship of a number of activities that not only generate national appeal and pride, but continue to have a significant impact on youth and community development, the promotion of character building, family life and, by extension, social stability in our nation. The Mutual

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Ways to Pay Off Your Student Loan Debt

These are the ways to pay off your big student loan debt faster than you know. The average student now graduates from college with around J$4.5 million in student loan debt. Millions of students pile on their student loan debt each year and these are the best ways to reduce this debt.

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