LITTLE LONDON, Westmoreland — More than 300 students from across the constituency of Western Westmoreland who will be sitting the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) later this month, benefitted recently from a camp organised by Member of Parliament for the area Dr Wykeham McNeill in collaboration with private sector partners and other stakeholders. The camp…
GSAT will require critical thinking, says Thwaites
GSAT students after the exam – File. Students sitting this year’s Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) will be required to do more critical thinking and analysis as the education ministry seeks to review the placement examination. Education Minister Ronald Thwaites says there has been a practice of students memorising specific subject materials just to pass…
Furniture for schools
MANDEVILLE, Manchester — Over 30 educational institutions island wide recently received furniture and other supplies through a first-phase donation by the United Kingdom (UK)-based Jarrett Foundation, organisers say. The group, led by Pearl Jarrett, was started two-and-a-half years ago and its team members are made up of second and third generation Jamaicans living in the…
Past Tense Forms Review Review Quiz
This quiz tests your knowledge of past tenses. Past tenses include: Past simple – did – used for simple statements about the past Past continuous – was / were doing – used to express what was happening at a specific moment in the past – had done Past perfect – used to express what had…...
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Education Ministry Targets 10% Improvement in Math
Minister of Education, Rev. Hon. Ronald Thwaites (left), emphasises a point during discussion with (from 2nd left): National Mathematics Coordinator, Dr. Tamika Benjamin; Chief Education Officer in the Ministry of Education, Grace McLean; and Campus Registrar at the University of the West Indies, Mona, Dr. Camille Bell-Hutchinson at the opening of the National Mathematics…
March 21-22, 2013: Over 43,000 students will take the GSAT Exam
Chief Education Officer in the Ministry of Education, Grace McLean, said all is in place for this year’s sitting of the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT). Over 40 Thousand students are expected to sit the GSAT exams this year, on Thursday, March 21 and Friday, March 22. Students will be tested in Mathematics, Social Studies,…