Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green, says he will be holding talks with the Registrar General’s Department (RGD) to expedite the processing of birth certificates for children in State care.

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green, has lauded the hundreds of foster-parents in western Jamaica for their love and care to wards of the State over the years.

The Education, Youth and Information Ministry is welcoming the findings of a recently concluded study, designed to provide solutions to improving students’ performance in mathematics at the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) level.

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, says Jamaica experienced a smooth start to the new school year, due mainly to an early disbursement of funds to schools.

Just under a year after discarding its former double-shift system and embracing the current single-shift arrangement, the administration at the Anchovy High School, in St James, is already feeling the impact and basking in its benefits.