The Government has completed reconstruction and classroom expansion works at Zion Hill Primary and McIntosh Memorial Primary schools in Central Manchester at a cost of over $45 million. The facilities were formally opened by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, during dedication ceremonies held at both institutions on Friday, November 27. The Zion Hill Primary reconstruction project, undertaken...

Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, is praising the partnership between school and community in the construction of a $30 million auditorium at the Pembroke Hall Primary School in Kingston. Delivering the main address at the official opening of the facility at the school’s Potosi Avenue location on November 26, Rev. Thwaites commended all those who contributed to the project....

The National Parenting Support Commission (NPSC) graduated its second cohort of parent mentors during a ceremony held today (November 26) at the Spanish Court Hotel, New Kingston. The 18 parent mentors were recruited under the ‘From Street Talk to Real Talk’ campaign, as well as through strategic partnership with the Ministry of National Security under their Citizen Security and Justice...

Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller says the HEART Trust/NTA’s Mobile Welding Laboratory and Career Coach is a bold and visionary initiative that will bring hope and new training opportunities to young persons, especially those in rural communities across Jamaica. “This is the type of creative approach to providing public service that every Government Agency and Department must embark on,” she...

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, says the Education System Transformation Programme (ESTP) is progressing well. “I want to declare irrefutably that the transformation programme is working. Every index of progress that we want to measure is going in the right direction. We have a long way to go, but we are on the correct path,” he said. The...

Principal of Allman Town Primary School, Kandi-Lee Crooks-Smith, and York Castle High School English teacher, Nickashie Hardware, are the 2015/2016 LASCO/Ministry of Education Principal and Teacher of the Year. They were named as winners of the coveted awards at a ceremony held on November 24 at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, New Kingston. For their victory, the principal and teacher received...

Twenty-five Jamaicans have been awarded scholarships valued at over $100 million to study in Russia by aluminium conglomerate, UC Rusal, which owns the Alpart and Windalco bauxite companies. The fully funded scholarships are valid for up to six years and the students will pursue studies in chemical, mining, electrical, instrumental, and mechanical engineering. Awardees are from the Alpart and Windalco-operating areas,...

The University of the West Indies (UWI) Open Campus will shortly be offering 45 scholarships to youngsters transitioning out of the state care, to pursue studies at the institution. The initiative is being facilitated under a three-year Transitional Living Programme for Children in State Care (TLP-CSC) project, being jointly implemented by the Open Campus; Caribbean Child Development Centre (CCDC); Child...

Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, is encouraging more of the country’s secondary level students to seek to matriculate to a college or university. He said that guidance and support are available for students, who wish to pursue advanced studies. “We need to increase from about 22 per cent to 40 per cent in short order, the number of our...