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Primary education in Jamaica addresses the basic educational needs of students and prepares them for secondary education. It includes children between the ages of 5 and 12 years. Under the Caribbean Examination Council's Revised Primary Curriculum, [ 3 ] student assessment has changed significantly from the former Common Entrance Examination at ...
Mavis Gwendolyn Gilmour-Petersen, OJ, CD (born 13 April 1926) is a Jamaican medical practitioner and politician, representing the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP). She served as minister of education from 1980 to 1986. [1]
Amended the Higher Education Act to allocate education funding reductions equally between the states. Pub. L. 96–96: 1980 Education Amendments of 1980 Pub. L. 96–374: 1980 (No short title) Granted the Internal Revenue Service the authority to disclose information to the Department of Education regarding students that default on student loans.
Religious education in Jamaica (1 C) S. Schools in Jamaica (8 C, 34 P) Student societies in Jamaica (1 P) Pages in category "Education in Jamaica"
The following is a list of education ministers of Jamaica since adult suffrage (1944). [1] [2] Jehoida McPherson (1945–1949) Joseph Malcolm (1950–1951) L. L. Simmonds (1951–1953) Edwin Allen (1953–1955) Ivan Lloyd (1955–1957) Florizel Glasspole (1957–1962) Edwin Allen (1962–1972) Florizel Glasspole (1972–1973) Eli Matalon (1973 ...
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Gallimore was first elected to parliament in 1967, becoming the youngest member of the Jamaican Parliament at the time. He served as the Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs from 1969-1972, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade between 1980 and 1984, Minister of Social Security from 1984-1986 and finally as Minister of Education from 1986 to 1989.
The Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA) is a trade union representing education workers in Jamaica.. In 1961, the Jamaica Union of Teachers, the Association of Headmasters and Headmistresses, the Association of Teachers in Technical Institutions, the Association of Teacher Training Staffs, and the Association of Assistant Masters and Mistresses, formed the Joint Executive of Teachers ...