THROUGH AN agreement between Applied Scholastics, a non-profit public benefit educational organisation and the Ministry of Education, hundreds of Jamaican students will take charge of their own education this summer.
The eight-day training programme, which got underway yesterday at the Medallion Hall Hotel in Kingston, is designed to give students key tools to be alert and attentive to their studies and to assume responsibility for their own education.
Teachers from five local schools including the Innswood High School, Greater Portmore High School, Eltham High School, the Institute of Higher Learning and St. John's Primary, will gain an understanding of why students become bored, tired, or angry when trying to learn.
HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE
They will get hands-on experience with getting students to overcome these barriers and become effective and motivated learners who can apply knowledge to their everyday lives.
They will also learn methods to rapidly repair literacy gaps in math and reading, as well as other subject content and gain skills and tools to increase each student's academic achievement.
GTECH are main sponsors for the programme.
George Hugh and Mark Chin of Island Wide Concrete and Construction, Supreme Ventures, Dragon Court Restaurant and Life of Jamaica are also supporting this training program.
