Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (right), congratulates 2013 Burger King Scholarship recipient, Shannae Stewart, during a special awards ceremony held at the Knutsford Court Hotel, New Kingston, on Thursday, August 22. Rev. Thwaites was the guest speaker. Some 22 students from across the island, who excelled academically during the 2012/13 school year, have…
Police rewards GSAT top achievers
Andrew Harris, Gleaner Writer EIGHT GRADE Six Achievement Test (GSAT) top achievers were rewarded for their hard work at the Kingston Central Police Station’s annual community back-to-school treat last Saturday. It was a day filled with giveaways for the GSAT students and about 400 other children from the communities of Fletcher’s Land, Allman Town, Matthew’s…
Find the perimeter of each figure – Eight Questions
Perimeter Find the perimeter of each figure. 1. Polygon MJVG: MJ = 92 yd JV = 57 yd VG = 55 yd GM = 59 yd 2. Regular polygon QRN: RN = 85 m 3. Polygon ZMU: ZM = 34 mi MU = 64 mi UZ = 48 mi 4. Polygon YXPQZ: YX = 62…...
Perimeter – Eight Questions Find the value of n
Perimeter Find the value of n. 1. Regular polygon UVCQL: CQ = n Perimeter = 170 ft 2. Polygon SJM: SJ = 67 mm JM = 88 mm MS = 149 mm Perimeter = n 3. Polygon TMQY: TM = 243 m MQ = 264 m QY = 196 m YT = 214 m Perimeter…...
Circles Radius Diameter & Pi (Video)
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Educatejamaica.org to rank primary schools based on GSAT passes
The Education Ministry is dismissing concerns by education think tank educatejamaica.org that efforts to access Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) results to rank primary schools could be thwarted. The Ainsworth Darby-led organisation says plans are being put in place to rank public primary schools beginning with the 2013 GSAT passes. This comes weeks after the publication of…


