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Managing Director of the HEART Trust/NTA, Dr. Janet Dyer (centre), addresses recent JIS ‘Think Tank’. With Dr. Dyer (from left) are Acting Director, Employment and Career Services at the Trust, Rayharna Wright; and Director, National Training, HEART Trust/NTA, Kenesha Campbell.

HEART Reports Increase In Persons Accessing Training Since Merger

The HEART Trust/NTA is reporting that merging with Jamaica Foundation for Lifelong Learning (JFLL) and the National Youth Service (NYS) has resulted in a significant increase in the amount of persons accessing training through the entity. Speaking with JIS News,...

Stakeholders attending the recent Quality Education Circle (QEC) 27 Conference, at Troy High School in Trelawny.

Education Officers’ Roles Being Revamped

(FILE) Rural Water Supply Limited (RWSL) Managing Director, Audley Thompson, speaking at the recent commissioning ceremony for a $7 million rainwater harvesting system installed at Enid Bennett High School in St. Catherine.

Rainwater Harvesting Systems to be Installed at 30 Additional Schools

Managing Director of the HEART Trust/NTA, Dr. Janet Dyer, addressing a recent JIS Think Tank.

HEART/NTA Better Positioned To Drive Human Capital Development

Minister without Portfolio with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda (left), raps with Kingston College sixth-formers during a tour of the institution located at 2A North Street in downtown Kingston on October 16.

PHOTOS: Minister Samuda Engaging With Students And Past Students of Kingston College

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., addressing the installation ceremony for the 2019/20 Mico University College Guild of Students executive on Thursday (October 10). The ceremony was held at The Mico’s Marescaux Road campus in Kingston.

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Senator Charles Jr. Urges Mico Administration to Work With Student Guild

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., had charged The Mico University College administration and the newly installed students’ guild to work together in the interest of the institution. “The strength of this guild will be based on the relationship that it has with the administration. Very often, there...

Minister without Portfolio with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, addresses yesterday’s (October 9) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House.

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Improvement In Grade Four PEP Test

Minister without Portfolio with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, is reporting improvement in the results from the recent Primary Exit Profile (PEP) Performance Task Test for grade four. Speaking at yesterday’s (October 9) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House, the Minister said the literacy score improved by one per cent, moving to 83 per cent, while...

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No Shortage Of Textbooks Or Furniture In Schools

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information is reporting that there is no shortage of textbooks or furniture in schools. Free text books are available for primary-school children, while there is a book rental system in place for students at the secondary level. Minister without Portfolio with responsibility for the Ministry, Hon. Karl Samuda, provided details at yesterday’s (October 9)...

Minister without Portfolio with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda (left); Acting Chief Education Officer, Dr. Kasan Troupe (centre) and Acting Regional Director, Region 1, Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Alison Cooke-Hawthorne, speak with teacher who was recently attacked by pitbulls, leaving her with serious wounds. The Ministry officials visited the hospital on October 9.

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PHOTOS: Minister Samuda With Teacher In Hospital

Minister without Portfolio with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda (left); Acting Chief Education Officer, Dr. Kasan Troupe (centre) and Acting Regional Director, Region 1, Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Alison Cooke-Hawthorne, speak with teacher who was recently attacked by pitbulls, leaving her with serious wounds. The Ministry officials visited the hospital on October 9.

Executive Director of the Centre for Blue Economy and Innovation at the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU), Ambassador Joachim Schmillen, say the TAGU Supplier vessel donated to the institution, will boost marine research and training.

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Donation Of Vessel To Boost Training And Research At CMU

The Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) is welcoming the recent donation of a TAGU supplier vessel to the institution, which will boost capacity for training and marine research. “I am happy we have it,” Executive Director of the university’s Centre for Blue Economy and Innovation, Ambassador Joachim Schmillen, told JIS News. “We have marine biotechnology students, we have the cadets… all...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., (foreground), commissions into service a $7-million rainwater harvesting system at the St. Catherine-based Enid Bennett High School on Tuesday (October 8). The system was installed by the Rural Water Supply Limited (RWSL). Looking on (from left) are Managing Director of the Water Resources Authority (WRA), Peter Clarke; teacher at the school, Kenneth McNeil; RWSL board member Rhoda Crawford; Managing Director of the RWSL, Audley Thompson; and Regional Manager at the National Water Commission (NWC), Garwaine Johnson.

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$7-Million Rainwater Harvesting System Installed At Enid Bennett High

The St. Catherine-based Enid Bennett High School is expecting savings of up to 50 per cent on its annual water bill from the establishment of a $7-million rainwater harvesting system. Installed by the Rural Water Supply Limited (RWSL), the system comprises four 1,000-gallon black tanks, a 20,000-gallon block and steel tank, a solar-powered pump, and other features to harvest and...

Minister with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda (left) interacts with students at the Savanna-la-Mar Inclusive Infant Academy in Westmoreland during a tour on Friday, October 4. Looking on are Teachers, Dahlia Richards (seated) and Angella McKoy (right).

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Education Ministry to Adopt and Expand ‘Inclusion Model’ in Schools

Minister with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, says the Ministry aims to take steps towards the adoption and expansion of the ‘inclusion model’ in schools across the country. Inclusion in education refers to a model wherein special needs students spend most or all of their time with non-special needs students. It is built on the notion that it is...