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CMI to Offer Summer Camp Skills Training Programme

The Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI) is offering a wide ranging skills training programme, targeting young people, during this year’s staging of its annual summer camp which runs from July 11 to 29. The engagements include: first aid; logistics; fire awareness;...

State Minister for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green, addressing delegates attending the closing ceremony for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) International Conference on Adult Education (CONFINTEA V1) Sub-Regional Follow-up Caribbean Meeting, at the Hyatt Ziva Rose Hall Hotel in Montego Bay on Friday, July 1. The two-day conference, which ran from June 30 to July 1, was held under the theme - ‘Enhancing Lifelong Learning Opportunities for Youth and Adults in the Caribbean’.

Adult Education Deemed Pivotal to Advancing Caribbean Development

Principal of the Ardenne High School, Nadine Molloy, (left) is assisted by Geoscientist and Fulbright Core Scholar, Dr. Katherine Ellins (2nd left), in cutting the ribbon to open the school's seismograph station. Others (from third left) are Director of Urban and Regional Planning in the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development, Marsha Henry Martin; Head of the Department of Geography and Geology at the University of the West Indies, Mona, Professor Simon Mitchell; and Counselor for Public Affairs at the United States Embassy, Joshua Polacheck. The station, which is the first of six to be installed in high schools across the island, forms part of the Jamaican Educational Seismic Network (JAESN) which was launched during a recent ceremony at the school's St. Andrew location.

High School Students to Assist in Monitoring Earthquakes

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator Ruel Reid, addresses a recent JIS Think Tank.

Grade Nine Diagnostic Test to be Introduced 2019

President, Junior Achievement Jamaica (JA Jamaica), Alphie Mullings-Aiken (left) and Executive Director, Jamaica 4-H Clubs, Dr. Ronald Blake, display a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) bearing their signatures, which will see them partnering to develop agricultural/agri-business-focused material for incorporation into JA Jamaica’s Junior Achievement Company of Entrepreneurs (JACE) initiative. The signing took place during a ceremony at JA Biz Town, Caenwood Centre in Kingston, on June 27.

45,000 Students to Benefit from Entrepreneurship Programme

10 years ago Education

Public Invited to Digital Art Exhibition and Panel Discussion

The National Gallery of Jamaica (NGJ) is inviting members of the public to attend a digital art panel discussion this Saturday (July 2). The event is scheduled to start at 1 pm at the entity’s 12 Ocean Boulevard headquarters, downtown Kingston. Patrons will also have the opportunity to participate in a discussion on the potential of digital art and its...

10 years ago Education

Gaps in Training Needs for Workforce Being Identified

The HEART Trust/NTA is partnering with the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information to identify the gaps in the training needs for the workforce. Portfolio Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, says he has also requested the private sector to highlight the areas of need. Speaking on the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) television programme, ‘Issues and Answers’ recently, the Minister...

10 years ago Education

JA to Host Conference on Adult Education

Jamaica in partnership with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) will host the International Conference on Adult Education (CONFINTEA) in Montego Bay, St. James, from June 30 to July 1. Education Ministers, Permanent Secretaries and senior education experts from 14 Caribbean countries will gather at Hyatt Ziva Rose Hall Hotel, to participate in the CONFINTEA VI Sub-Regional...

Senior Advisor at the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Robert Miller, delivering the keynote address at the recent school-leaving ceremony for the Tarrant Primary School, in St. Andrew, held at Fellowship Church, in the parish.

10 years ago EducationYouth

Youth Encouraged to Include Vocational Education

The nation’s youth are being encouraged to include vocational education with their chosen professions for greater employment prospects. Senior Advisor at the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Robert Miller, said students at high schools and their parents should decide early on the subjects to be done, as it will “increase your chances of gaining employment when you leave high...

Prime Minister, the Most. Hon. Andrew Holness (left), presents Principal of Calabar Infant, Primary and Junior High School, Raymond Munroe, with a medal of appreciation during the annual Prime Minister’s Medal of Appreciation for Service to Education ceremony, on June 23 at Jamaica House.

10 years ago EducationPrime Minister

Principal Gets PM’s Medal of Appreciation

For 37 years, Principal of the Calabar Infant, Primary and Junior High School, in Kingston, Raymond Munroe, has given unwavering service to education. A Kingston College old boy, Mr. Munroe had plans to become a police officer, but with much pleading from his mother, he changed his mind and enrolled at what was then known as Mico Teachers’ College. On...

Senior Advisor in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Robert Miller, delivering the keynote address at the 2016 graduation ceremony for the Tarrant Primary School, held at the Hope Fellowship Church, in St. Andrew, on June 23.

10 years ago Education

Schools Urged to Keep Down Registration Cost

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, is advising school administrators to keep the cost of registration packages between $1,000 and $5,000. Making the call, Senior Advisor at the Ministry, Robert Miller, said they have received reports that some schools are charging exorbitant sums, when the mandate of the Government is to make the cost to parents “minimal”. He said...

Japanese Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Masanori Nakano (2nd left), signs the visitors’ book at the Alexandria Branch Library which was officially opened on June 22. The library was constructed with funds from Japan’s Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Project. Member of Parliament for St Ann South West, Zavia Mayne (left) and President of the Northern Caribbean University, Dr Trevor Gardner (right), share the moment.

10 years ago EducationLocal Government

Alexandria Gets New Branch Library

The community of Alexandria, in St Ann, now boasts a new branch library, provided through the collaboration of the St. Ann Parish Council, the Jamaica Library Service and the Government of Japan. Funding for the project ($6 million), was made available under the Government of Japan’s Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Project, while the land on which the building...