Children whose behaviour is not considered ‘normal’ are often treated with a lack of understanding and empathy on the part of teachers and their peers. Such treatment leads to negative student behaviour and resultant poor perfomance. Amongst these children are those with special needs and learning disabilities.
ARDENNE High School, the prominent St Andrew co-educational institution, is today basking in the glory of being pronounced the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) School of the Year for 2013 in the region, and also for producing the top Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) CAPE student this year — Dea Thomas.
"We got a call this morning from Barbados, CXC's head office, indicating that Dea Thomas, as the top CXC CAPE student for Jamaica, is also the top one for the region," an elated Nadine Molloy, principal of Ardenne, told the Jamaica Observer yesterday.
Several students go through school being inundated with information and dread the mere thought of sitting the inevitable examinations. Many experts say this crippling fear can drive otherwise competent pupils to either underperform or fail their exams.
However, there is a programme that several of Jamaica's top high schools have been returning to over the years that helps students mitigate this fear and develop better studying and exam-taking skills.
FREE HILL Primary and Infant School in St Mary received a special gift from the Issa Trust Foundation (ITF) on Wednesday.
The foundation, which has been running several child-focused initiatives over the last two weeks, distributed more than 1,000 books to the school's library.
The books were collected by Lilliane Bastien, a teacher based in Canada, who encouraged her students and their parents to donate more than 100 boxes of books, toys and medical supplies for less fortunate children in Jamaica.
FOR Mile Gully High School in rural Manchester, the days of being treated like a pariah in favour of more traditional high schools are long over.
The school — which is one of the six high schools selected to participate under the Centres of Excellence programme, managed by the Mutual Building Societies Foundation — is on the rise as a result of the initiative, according to Principal Lawrence Rowe.
There have been lots of comments from politicians, educators and other concerned citizens since the announcement of the latest CXC results. As is to be expected, the government has tried to put the best spin on the results. No doubt, those students who excelled, along with the teachers at those schools that did well, should be commended.
Soda consumption has long been associated with adverse health conditions such as obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease. It has also been linked with anger, depression, and suicidal thoughts in teens, but the relationship was not clear in younger children, until now.
A new study published in The Journal of Paediatrics found aggression, attention problems, and withdrawal behaviour are all associated with soft drink consumption in young children.
Nearly half of the more than 40,000 young people who graduate high schools and universities this year may not find employment in the private sector, two stakeholder groups have predicted.
The forecast by the Jamaica Employers' Federation (JEF) and the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) comes as the economy continues its decline for a sixth consecutive quarter.
Change From Within Programme Started in 1994. Its Primary Objective was to build self-esteem among all stakeholders, thereby reducing anti-social behaviours and fostering school involvement.
The project involves selected schools across Jamaica. The activities include: • Professional development workshops to assist teachers and administrators to improve leadership skills.
• Mentorship programme that involves teachers mentoring students, teachers mentoring teachers and students mentoring students.
Today's China is much different from the China of half-a-century ago, as many of the old customs and traditions are updated in response to the challenges of the 21st century. One of the far-reaching changes since the formation of the People's Republic of China in 1949, is in education, which, for centuries, had seen little change or improvement.
Children whose behaviour is not considered ‘normal’ are often treated with a lack of understanding and empathy on the part of teachers and their peers. Such treatment leads to negative student behaviour and resultant poor perfomance. Amongst these children are those with special needs and learning disabilities.
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