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This is a great idea. Chinese children have longer school years and days. Jamaicans are behind 1 year by age 12.. The british are behind the chinese by age 16....
However I cant see the NUT ever agreeong to this withoud screaching like stuck pigs..
Ministry Looks To Extend School Year
Published: Saturday March 2, 2013 | 1:40 pm0 Comments
Education Minister Ronald Thwaites.
The Ministry of Education is exploring the possibility of extending the school year beyond the existing 190 days, as part of an attempt to stem the regression of students during the long summer break.
However, in making the announcement, Education Minister Ronald Thwaites says no decision will be taken until all the relevant stakeholders are consulted.
Speaking at the weekly meeting of the Rotary Club of New Kingston yesterday, Thwaites noted that extending the school year will require careful negotiations with teachers and school administrators, but said that has already started.
The Education Minister says studies have shown that the 8-week summer break has resulted in the loss of learnt skills for some students.
He says the studies have also shown that students can regress as much as one grade during the summer holidays.
However I cant see the NUT ever agreeong to this withoud screaching like stuck pigs..
Ministry Looks To Extend School Year
Published: Saturday March 2, 2013 | 1:40 pm0 Comments
Education Minister Ronald Thwaites.
The Ministry of Education is exploring the possibility of extending the school year beyond the existing 190 days, as part of an attempt to stem the regression of students during the long summer break.
However, in making the announcement, Education Minister Ronald Thwaites says no decision will be taken until all the relevant stakeholders are consulted.
Speaking at the weekly meeting of the Rotary Club of New Kingston yesterday, Thwaites noted that extending the school year will require careful negotiations with teachers and school administrators, but said that has already started.
The Education Minister says studies have shown that the 8-week summer break has resulted in the loss of learnt skills for some students.
He says the studies have also shown that students can regress as much as one grade during the summer holidays.
Maybe when you were went to school in Jamaica back in the 1940s 
, but since the 1970s, all school children in Jamaica learned about our National Heroes and Marcus Mosiah Garvey was our first National Hero.
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