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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 ...
The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) is an examination board in the Caribbean. [1] [2] It was established in 1972 [3] under agreement by the participating governments in the Caribbean Community to conduct such examinations as it may think appropriate and award certificates and diplomas on the results of any such examinations so conducted.
The ministries of Jamaica are created at the discretion of the prime minister of Jamaica to carry out the functions of government. As of 2016, the prime minister is Andrew Holness . The agencies of Jamaica are created by both parliamentary law and assigned to ministers to oversee.
The complex occupies around 100 acres (40 ha) of land and is owned and administered by United Church in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands. Each school operates under its own principal and board of management, nominated by the church and established by the Ministry of Education.
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Jehoida Augustus McPherson (January 18, 1900 – 1963) was a Jamaican politician, representing the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) in pre-independent Jamaica. He served as the first Minister of Education (1945-1949) and the first Minister of Labour (1953-1955). [1]
Henry-Wilson was subsequently appointed Minister of Education in the cabinet of P.J. Patterson, serving until 2007 in the administration of Portia Simpson-Miller, after the latter became prime minister in 2006. [8] She held the constituency in the 2007 general election, receiving 5,187 votes to Joan Gordon-Webley of the JLP (4,618). [9]
Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) is Jamaica's national high school entrance test. It is usually taken in March. [1] with the results are usually released in June. The GSAT replaced the UK's Common Entrance Examination in 1999. Many critics have long argued for a more analytical approach to standard exams in the country, as the exam is one that ...