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Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Sharon Ffolkes Abrahams (2nd left), cuts the ribbon to formally open the Caribbean Maritime Institute’s (CMI) Integrated Work Force Development Centre (IWDC) in the Montego Bay Free Zone (MBFZ) on October 29. Others (from left) are: Minister of Education, Hon. Rev Ronald Thwaites; Assistant Vice President for Operations and Customer Affaires at the MBFZ, Gloria Henry; and Director of the IWDC, Osric Forrest.
Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Sharon Ffolkes Abrahams (2nd left), cuts the ribbon to formally open the Caribbean Maritime Institute’s (CMI) Integrated Work Force Development Centre (IWDC) in the Montego Bay Free Zone (MBFZ) on October 29. Others (from left) are: Minister of Education, Hon. Rev Ronald Thwaites; Assistant Vice President for Operations and Customer Affaires at the MBFZ, Gloria Henry; and Director of the IWDC, Osric Forrest.

Skills Training And Medical Centres Open In Montego Bay Free Zone

Two facilities for the delivery of world-class skills training and medical and wellness services have set up operations in the Montego Bay Free Zone (MBFZ). They are the Integrated Workforce Development Centre (IWDC) and the e-Shore Medical Centre which were...
Secretary General of the Organization of the American States (OAS), H.E Luis Almargo (left), and Principal of the University of the West Indies, Mona, Professor Archibald McDonald, shake hands at the official launch of the OAS-UWI Partnership Programme on Citizenship Education on November 2, at the Faculty of Law, Mona campus. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the partnership was signed in June.
Secretary General of the Organization of the American States (OAS), H.E Luis Almargo (left), and Principal of the University of the West Indies, Mona, Professor Archibald McDonald, shake hands at the official launch of the OAS-UWI Partnership Programme on Citizenship Education on November 2, at the Faculty of Law, Mona campus. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the partnership was signed in June.

UWI Collaborates With OAS to Deliver Citizenship Education Programme
Special Projects Officer at the Jamaica Information Service (JIS), Christine Ade-Gold, presents heritage material to Principal of the Breadnut Hill Primary School in St. Ann, Ricardo Kennedy, during a visit to the school by a JIS team on October 21, as part of the agency’s Heritage Month celebrations.
Special Projects Officer at the Jamaica Information Service (JIS), Christine Ade-Gold, presents heritage material to Principal of the Breadnut Hill Primary School in St. Ann, Ricardo Kennedy, during a visit to the school by a JIS team on October 21, as part of the agency’s Heritage Month celebrations.

Principals Credit Improved Performance to Good Teacher – Pupil Ratio
Executive Director of the National Parenting Support Commission (NPSC), Dr. Patrece Charles-Freeman.
Executive Director of the National Parenting Support Commission (NPSC), Dr. Patrece Charles-Freeman.

Poor Parenting Is To Blame
Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, addressing the Jamaica Inclusive Education Conference at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St. James on Thursday (October 29). The Minister, who delivered the main address at the event, spoke of Government’s progress in ensuring that special need students are better able to participate in the education system.
Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, addressing the Jamaica Inclusive Education Conference at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St. James on Thursday (October 29). The Minister, who delivered the main address at the event, spoke of Government’s progress in ensuring that special need students are better able to participate in the education system.

30 Special Education Centres to Be Established

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Ground Broken For James-Patterson Infant School

Ground was broken on November 4 for the James-Patterson Infant School, in York View, Dias, Western Hanover, by former Prime Minister, the Most Hon. P.J. Patterson, and Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites. Funding for the first phase of the facility, which is being built in honour of Mr. Patterson and his family, is being provided by the Ministry of Education...
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Residents of Dias Urged to Make Use of New Infant School

Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, is urging members of the Dias community in Western Hanover, to make the best use of the James-Patterson Infant School, to be constructed in the area. Speaking at the ground breaking ceremony in Dias, on November 4, for the construction of the school, in honour of former Prime Minister, the Most Hon. P. J....
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Parents Encouraged Not To Give Up On Their Children

Parents are being encouraged not to give up on their children who may get into trouble with the law, but continue to love and support them. This call comes from Senior Legal Policy Officer, Office of the Children’s Advocate (OCA), Marsha Baker, who stressed that parents need to love their children, “regardless of what they have done or said to...
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Access to Secondary Education a Proud Achievement – Thwaites

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, said the fact that every student has the opportunity for a five-year secondary school education is a proud achievement for the country. Speaking at Mount Alvernia High School’s prize giving ceremony at the Blessed Sacrament Cathedral in Montego Bay, St. James on Thursday (October 29, the Minister said that there was a time...
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Mico Care Centre Continues to Impact Lives of Children

The Mico University College Child Assessment and Research in Education (CARE) Centre was established in 1980 through collaboration with the Ministry of Education, to meet the needs of children in Jamaica and the English-speaking Caribbean who suffer from learning disabilities and require special interventions. Thirty-five years later, the institution continues to significantly impact the lives of children who struggle to...
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Gov’t Investment In Education Paying Off

The Government’s increased investment in education continues to bear fruit, as evidenced by the steady improvement in the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) passes over the last three years. Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, reports that the average pass rate for students from public schools, who sat English in the CSEC examinations in 2012, has increased by 10 percentage...
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NCB Foundation to Continue Paying Examination Fees

The Ministry of Education is reminding parents, guardians and students that the National Commercial Bank (NCB) Foundation will continue to pay in full for CSEC Principles of Accounts and Principles of Business examination fees, for qualifying students at the secondary level. In a bulletin issued by the Ministry on October 28, the Ministry said that in an effort to ensure quality...
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