Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, has explained the recent Primary Exit Profile (PEP) mock exam results. He is also calling on educators, parents, students and stakeholders of PEP to remain calm about the results they received, as they represent only a percentage of the total score students will receive
IGL ‘Ignites’ with Scholarships The Ignite IGL Foundation has awarded scholarships to 10 medical and nursing students at The University of the West Indies (UWI), and bursaries to 22 children of IGL staff members for the 2017/2018 academic year. The presentations were made at the annual Ignite IGL Foundation Scholarship and Bursary Awards Ceremony on
NCB awards $40 million in scholarships, grants As the doors to the Frangipani boardroom at the Courtyard Marriott, Kingston opened on August 30th, the room was quickly filled with excitement and laughter as anxious scholars eagerly awaited their NCB reward. It was the NCB Foundation’s 10th Annual Scholarship and Grants Awards Cocktail where more than
JN scholars urged to be agents of change Forty-one (41) outstanding students in this year’s Grade Six Achievement Test were awarded five-year bursaries at the JN Foundation awards. This year represented the highest number since the inception of the JN Scholarship Programme in 1983. Dahlia Harris, communication specialist and television presenter, urged recipients of the
68 GSAT & tertiary students receive Sagicor Foundation scholarships Sagicor Foundation awarded 68 scholarships to exceptional Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) and tertiary students during its annual scholarship awards ceremony. Top students from across the island were selected from a pool of hundreds of applicants and honoured at the event, which took place at the Jamaica
This Week’s GSAT & Tertiary Open Scholarships for 2017/2018 BGR/ISA At-sea training programme Among the open scholarships that are still open and are on offer are the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources of the Federal Republic of Germany (BGR), in accordance with its exploration contract for polymetallic sulphides with the International Seabed Authority, is
Parents Urged to Support their Children as they Prepare for GSAT In one week, 39,129 students attending primary-level institutions across the island will sit the 2016 Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT). She says on the night before the examination, children should go to bed early to ensure that they are adequately rested and can perform
