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Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (left), is in light conversation with Principal of the Lacovia High School in St. Elizabeth, Hope Morgan, during the school’s annual prize giving and awards ceremony on Thursday (December 3).

Single Shift at Lacovia High By 2017

Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, says the Government is looking to increase classroom space at the Lacovia High School in order to remove the St. Elizabeth-based institution from the double shift system by September 2017. Rev. Thwaites, who was addressing...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (centre), is in discussion with Minister with Responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer (left); and Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna. Occasion was a Youth and Children Community Meeting organised by the Government at the New Testament Church of God in Old Harbour, St. Catherine last evening (December 3).

Education and Training a Top Priority – PM

Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (2nd left), being welcomed by students of the Sydney Pagon Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Academy on December 3, when he toured the institution. Others (from left) are: Bursar at the school, Sharlene Grindley; Acting Principal, Marlene Edwards Gayle and Vice Principal, Natalie Roper Allen.

Education Minister Wants More Students to Attend Sydney Pagon STEM Academy

Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell (left), and Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (right), shows students of Windward Road Primary and Junior High, the various features of the tablet computers that were donated to the institution today (Dec. 2), under the East Kingston and Port Royal Tablets in Schools Programme. Under the initiative, approximately 700 tablets are being provided to primary and junior high schools in the constituency.

Some 700 Tablets to Be Distributed To Schools in East Kingston and Port Royal

Head of the Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (STEAM) Committee and Vice Principal of St. Andrew Technical High School, Yvonne Mamher-Tafari.

St. Andrew Technical Blends Science and Arts to Transform Learning

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Pilot on to Register Tertiary Institutions

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...

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Education Minister Urges All Adults To Acquire Additional Skills

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...

Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (left), exchanges greetings with Assistant Chief Education Officer, Dr. Hixwell Douglas, during a Special Education Awareness Symposium put on by the Ministry of Education’s Special Education Unit today (Dec. 2), 2 at the Caenwood Auditorium on Arnold Road, Kingston.

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Govt Committed To Special Education – Rev. Thwaites

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....

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (at podium) addresses a forum on education held at the Christ Church in Vineyard Town on Tuesday (December 1). Pictured at the head table is State Minister for Science, Technology, Energy and Mining and Member of Parliament for South East St. Andrew, Hon, Julian Robinson. The event was organised by Mr. Robinson.

10 years ago Education

Education Minister Urges All Adults to Acquire Additional Skills

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 from the Allman Town Primary School (front row left-right)Jo-Nathan Smith, Daniel Campbell and Shiloh Brock displayed their tablets after receiving them from Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining Hon Phillip Paulwell. Also sharing in the occasion are Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Ms. Hillary Alexander (2nd right, at back) and Technician/Trainer for the media club at Allman Town Primary, Oniel Smith (left back row) and Principal Kandi-Lee Crooks-Smith.

10 years ago Education

Allman Town Primary Students Receive Tablet Computers

Three students from the Allman Town Primary School, in Kingston, are the beneficiaries of tablet computers, handed over by Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell, on November 12. Making the presentation at the Ministry, Mr. Paulwell said he is now considering a recommendation for the school to be a part of the Tablets in Schools programme....

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (3rd right), breaks ground for the $64 million expansion and rehabilitation of the Mandeville Primary and Junior High School in Central Manchester on Friday, November 27. Others (from left), are: Managing Director of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Omar Sweeney; the School Board’s Chairman, Dr. Lloyd Quarrie; National Security Minister and Central Manchester Member of Parliament, Hon. Peter Bunting; Councillor for the Mandeville Division of the Manchester Parish Council, Jones Oliphant; and Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites.

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$347 Million Spent on Secondary School Upgrading in Manchester and St. Elizabeth

The Government has spent approximately $347 million, since January, to develop over 2,000 additional classrooms at secondary schools in Manchester and St. Elizabeth. Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, made the disclosure in Manchester on Friday, November 27, where she opened newly constructed facilities at McIntosh Memorial and Zion Hill primary schools, and signed contracts to undertake expansion...

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PM Signs Contract For $64 Million Expansion Of Mandeville Primary And Junior High

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, on Friday, November 27, signed contracts valued at $64 million for expansion and rehabilitation of the Mandeville Primary and Junior High School in Central Manchester. The project, being jointly funded by the Government of Jamaica and the Caribbean Development Bank, will entail construction of a 12-classroom block with new bathrooms, and facilities...