Education Minister, Reverend Ronald Thwaites says the Ministry will seek to assist schools to either implement or strengthen homework programmes for students, where necessary, when the 2015/16 academic commences in September.

Minister of Education, Rev. Ronald Thwaites

He is also encouraging schools whose students are deemed delinquent in completing homework assignments, to seek the Ministry’s intervention, in order to find the best solution.

He was speaking at state oil refinery, Petrojam Limited’s annual Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) awards luncheon, at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, New Kingston, recently.

Reverend Thwaites statistics show that 40% of students do not do homework.

He says this, in part, is attributable to many youngsters not being exposed to a culture, which encourages studying outside of the classroom.

Reverend Thwaites urged that where this scenario occurs, schools should endeavour to create a homework setting for their students.

Nineteen students from Greenwich All Age and St. Andrew Primary schools, which are located in close proximity to Petrojam, were honoured for outstanding performances in the 2015 GSAT.