Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, says parents should not panic if their children are slow to read at the early childhood level. He said the focus at that stage should be on the development of the cognitive skills, which are related to learning, reasoning, and problem-solving. In a recent interview with JIS News, Rev. Thwaites said it is...

The HEART Trust/NTA is developing a Career and Lifelong Learning Policy aimed at promoting continuous learning for a dynamic and constantly changing job market. The agency’s Career Development Unit preparing the policy will ensure that the country’s labour force has access to programmes and services, which will help them in managing their life, learning and working in self-directed ways. Director,...

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Culture, Health, Arts, Sports and Education  Fund (CHASE), W. Billy Heaven, says the organization continues to be a leader in the critical areas of national development, particularly sports and early childhood education. In a recent interview with JIS News, Mr. Heaven said as it relates to sports development, CHASE gives 40 per cent of...

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, is urging Jamaicans to be proud of and protect the country’s rich heritage. “Jamaica is a good place to be born. Our culture is a noble and dignified one and we must not allow it to be smirched and downgraded by all kinds of influences, most of them from abroad,” he said. The...

The National Education Inspectorate (NEI) is steadfastly fulfilling its role in helping to transform the education system by promoting excellence, and inculcating a culture of accountability, through quality inspections. Introduced in 2008, the Inspectorate is the national education quality assurance agency, operating independently of the Ministry of Education. It embraces transparency, integrity, honesty and accountability as the hallmarks and guiding...

The Ministry of Education will be establishing three additional diagnostics and therapeutic centres across the island to assist children at the early childhood level, who have learning disabilities and other special needs. Portfolio Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, says these facilities will be located at Church Teachers’ College in Mandeville, Manchester; Sam Sharpe Teachers’ College in Montego Bay, St. James;...

An early childhood educational institution, catering to children with learning disabilities, is to be built on the campus of the Sir Clifford Campbell Primary School, in Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland, and opened at the start of the 2016/17 academic year, in September. An initiative of the Rockhouse Foundation, the non-profit charitable arm of the Negril-based Rockhouse Hotel in Westmoreland, the school will...