Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, says the provision of education and training opportunities for all the nation’s children remains a top priority of the Government. “My Government places (great) emphasis on education. I urge parents and other stakeholders to continue to play your part to improve the education of our children,” she said. The Prime Minister was...

Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, is urging the administration at the Sydney Pagon STEM Academy in Braes River, St. Elizabeth, to place emphasis on getting more students to attend the school and to get them involved in vocational areas, especially agriculture. In addition to the focus on agriculture, the Minister said efforts must also be made to have the...

Commissioner of the Jamaica Tertiary Education Commission (J-TEC), Maxine Henry-Wilson, says there is currently an ongoing pilot to register tertiary institutions across the island. She said that through this registration process, the Commission is determining the requirements to have the institutions meet global standards. Mrs. Henry-Wilson was bringing remarks at a Breakfast Conversation forum, hosted by J-TEC at the Spanish...

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, is urging all adults with limited educational attainment to acquire additional skills and become certified, which will serve to improve their earning potential. “Education makes you trainable; training makes you employable; employment makes you productive; and productivity makes you prosperous,” the Minister said. He was addressing a forum on education, held at the...

Students attending six primary and junior high schools in the constituency of East Kingston and Port Royal will now have access to computer tablets under a $6 million initiative spearheaded by Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, and Member of Parliament, Hon. Phillip Paulwell. Dubbed the East Kingston and Port Royal Tablets in Schools Programme, it is being funded...

Students at the St. Andrew Technical High School (STATS) are being introduced to new and exciting areas of study, under a Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (STEAM) programme being undertaken by the institution. The initiative is in keeping with the Ministry of Education’s focus on Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) with the integration of subjects in the arts...

Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, says the Government is committed to ensuring greater inclusion and access to education by children with special needs. “The goals of the Ministry of Education’s draft policy on special education are to promote equity, access and educational opportunities to children and youth with special needs at all levels of the education system,” he noted....