http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/ JamaicaObserver.com, the most concise and in-depth website for news coverage on Jamaica and the Caribbean. Updated daily 7 days a week, 24 hours a day en-us copyright Jamaica Observer, 2011 http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/career/In-love-with-sculpting_11433384 APPROXIMATELY 16 men come to the Mighty Gully Youth Project in Clarendon every day for a space where they can take part in an intricate art form — sculpting. Here, the only sound to be heard is that of small metal tools beating against wood as each of them concentrates on fashioning lignum vitae into art. Local Education Sun, 20 May 2012 02:00:00 GMT http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/career/SLB-hobbled-by-bad-debt_11468235 THE Student's Loan Bureau (SLB) is reporting a delinquency rate of approximately 30 per cent, a situation the agency says has forced it to borrow from the PetroCaribe Fund in order to honour its commitments for the second semester of the 2011-2012 academic year. Local Education Sun, 20 May 2012 02:00:00 GMT http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/career/CHEC-sends-J-can-staff-to-Beijing_11452896 CHINA Harbour Latin America (CHEC Latin), the Jamaica-based division of China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC), in a move aimed at improving communication and efficiency within its operations in Jamaica, the Caribbean and Latin America, has selected two of its Jamaican staff to attend a seminar on practical Chinese at the Beijing International Chinese College in China. Local Education Sun, 20 May 2012 02:00:00 GMT http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/career/Deaf-being-barred-from-local-universities-_11452388 PERSONS from the deaf community are complaining that they do not have equal access to local tertiary education and are hoping that quick action will be taken to afford them the opportunities enjoyed by their hearing counterparts. Local Education Sun, 20 May 2012 02:00:00 GMT http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/career/Limited-teacher-training--poor-teaching-quality_11446587 EIGHT years after the establishment of the Early Childhood Commission, Early Childhood Institutions (ECIs) are still struggling with a near absence of trained teachers, low teacher/student ratios, and an attendant teaching quality that is below average. Local Education Sun, 20 May 2012 02:00:00 GMT http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/career/Caribbean-festival-focuses-on-bird-conservation_11490204 THE Caribbean Endemic Bird Festival, observed annually between April 22 (Earth Day) and May 22 (International Day for Biological Diversity), is focusing this year on bird conservation. Local Education Sun, 20 May 2012 02:00:00 GMT http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/career/Creativity-needed-to-attract-youth---Lisa-Hanna_11501695 LISA Hanna, minister of youth and culture, has reiterated that there needs to be more emphasis on creativity to grasp the full attention of our nation's unemployed youths. Local Education Sun, 20 May 2012 02:00:00 GMT http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/career/Mobay-schools-shine-in-JA-50-poster-competition_11500329 SCHOOLS from the education ministry's Region Six copped all the first-place prizes in the Jamaica 50 Commemorative Poster Competition which were awarded at the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Library in Kingston at last Wednesday. Local Education Sun, 20 May 2012 02:00:00 GMT http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/career/KB-Essa-Award_11509047 Home economics helper at Titchfield High, Barbara Allen (left); bursar at St Jago High Yvonne Lee (second left); groundsmans at Cross Keys High Dexteer Wright (second right); and senior secretary at Albert Town High Audrae Frater show off the certificates they were awarded at the inaugural Education Support Staff Awards (ESSA) hosted by Kingston Bookshop. The four placed at the top of four respective zones across the island - north-east, south-east, south-central and west. From that crop, Lee was declared the national winner and received an investment certificate valued at $100,000 and a weekend for two courtesy of Holiday Inn SunSpree Resort. Her school, St Jago, was awarded books for the library valued at $500,000. Local Education Sun, 20 May 2012 02:00:00 GMT http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/career/-Teaching-is-a-good-job-_11422956 WITH two Master's degrees and a string of other qualifications, Roxanne Malcolm-Brown could fill any number of high-paying positions in Corporate Jamaica, but the svelte 32-year-old is satisfied with teaching reading at a little known, poorly rated primary and junior high school in a Kingston inner-city. Local Education Sun, 13 May 2012 02:00:00 GMT http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/career/Green-Grotto-certified-platinum JAMAICA’S Green Grotto Caves and Attractions has been certified platinum by environmental programme EarthCheck, the first ever local tourist attraction to be so recognised. Local Education Sun, 13 May 2012 08:14:48 GMT http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/career/Kingston-Tech-alum-makes--1-m-donation_11387130 FIFTY-FOUR years after graduating from Kingston Technical High School (KT), Hyacinth Randall is paying homage to the institution that laid the foundation for her outstanding career in education. Local Education Sun, 13 May 2012 02:00:00 GMT http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/career/Kingston-bookshop-honours-80_11436903 THE principals of Denbigh High, Bethlehem Moravian College and Holmwood Technical received special accolades last week for their service to the teaching profession over the years. Local Education Sun, 13 May 2012 02:00:00 GMT http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/career/Three-awarded-Observer-scholarships--bursary_11452729 THE Jamaica Observer on Thursday increased the value of its Food Awards Scholarship Programme, giving three University of Technology (UTech) students a combined $550,000. Local Education Sun, 13 May 2012 02:00:00 GMT http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/career/B-amp-B-University-College-offers-new-programmes_11451809 IN a move that it hopes will reap benefits from an expected construction boom in the western end of the island, B&B University College will, starting next school year, offer master's programmes in construction project management, facilities management and quantity surveying. Local Education Sun, 13 May 2012 02:00:00 GMT http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/career/Spotlight-on-Newell-and-Magotty-High_11412310 Non-traditional school Newell and Magotty high put up a good challenge to traditional high schools in the recently concluded M&M Mathemeatics Competition in St Elizabeth. Local Education Sun, 13 May 2012 02:00:00 GMT http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/career/Honouring-our-teachers Local Education Sun, 13 May 2012 08:12:07 GMT http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/career/-Glaucoma-won-t-defeat-me-_11402957 SHE may be blind, but that doesn't stop Shanna Parkes from making a significant impact on literacy at St Peter Claver Primary in Kingston. The 29-year-old is one of two teachers responsible for the literacy department which focuses on slow learners. Local Education Sun, 06 May 2012 02:00:00 GMT http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/career/Going-green-is-easy_11410811 SCORES of employees from the New Kingston business community flooded the courtyard between Digicel's RKA building and PanCaribbean on Friday, April 27 to cash in on discounts offered by farmers at Digicel's annual Go Green Earth Day Market. Local Education Sun, 06 May 2012 02:00:00 GMT http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/career/Non-traditional-schools-shine-in-M-M-math-competition_11412286 OVER the past 10 years the St Elizabeth-staged M&M Mathematics Competition has engendered intense, yet healthy, mathematical rivalry among the partcipating schools. Local Education Sun, 06 May 2012 02:00:00 GMT http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/career/From-unemployed-to-business-owner_11351020 IT was through trial and error, after a position she held was made redundant, that Antrea Walker learnt to sew; but she has since transformed a skill she acquired with no formal training into a business — TrendZ 365 Swimwear & Fashions. Local Education Sun, 06 May 2012 02:00:00 GMT http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/career/-Industrial-arts-the-engine-room-of-education-_11410529 JOSEPH Francis is a man on a mission. Local Education Sun, 06 May 2012 02:00:00 GMT http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/career/-I-was-considering-changing-my-dreams-_11353719 MICHCA McLaren, 23, the 2008 Local Education Sun, 06 May 2012 02:00:00 GMT http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/career/Making-waves_11319732 KENDESE Nangle was on a mission to find tertiary education that offered the best of both worlds — academics and athletics — and she found it at Dartmouth College where she will start classes this Fall. Local Education Sun, 06 May 2012 02:00:00 GMT http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/career/Thwaites--Adams-laud-teachers_11410408 ON the occasion of Education Week, which starts today, portfolio minister Ronald 'Ronnie' Thwaites has urged those charged with educating the nation's children to ensure that they are protected from abuse. Local Education Sun, 06 May 2012 02:00:00 GMT