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Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (left), addresses signing ceremony for a loan agreement with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) worth approximately J$3 billion to support the education sector reform, at the Ministry of Finance and Planning, on Wednesday, November 25. Looking on is Minister of Health, Hon. Horace Dalley.
Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (left), addresses signing ceremony for a loan agreement with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) worth approximately J$3 billion to support the education sector reform, at the Ministry of Finance and Planning, on Wednesday, November 25. Looking on is Minister of Health, Hon. Horace Dalley.

Education Minister Says ESTP Working

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, says the Education System Transformation Programme (ESTP) is progressing well. “I want to declare irrefutably that the transformation programme is working. Every index of progress that we want to measure is going in...
Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (right), presents the Principal of the Year trophy to Kandi-Lee Crooks-Smith (2nd right) of Allman Town Primary School, while Founder and Executive Chairman of LASCO Affiliated Companies, Hon. Lascelles Chin, makes the Teacher of the Year trophy presentation to Nickashie Hardware of York Castle High School. Occasion was the 2015/2016 LASCO/ Ministry of Education Teacher and Principal of the Year Awards ceremony held on November 24 at the Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston.
Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (right), presents the Principal of the Year trophy to Kandi-Lee Crooks-Smith (2nd right) of Allman Town Primary School, while Founder and Executive Chairman of LASCO Affiliated Companies, Hon. Lascelles Chin, makes the Teacher of the Year trophy presentation to Nickashie Hardware of York Castle High School. Occasion was the 2015/2016 LASCO/ Ministry of Education Teacher and Principal of the Year Awards ceremony held on November 24 at the Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston.

Allman Town Primary Principal and York Castle High Teacher Cop Lasco/MoE Awards
Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (left), congratulates some of the recipients of UC Rusal scholarships, valued at over $100 million, to study in Russia, at the presentation ceremony held today (November 24), at the Knutsford Court Hotel, New Kingston. At centre is Managing Director at Alpart, Sergey Kostyuk. The scholarships are valued at over $100 million.
Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (left), congratulates some of the recipients of UC Rusal scholarships, valued at over $100 million, to study in Russia, at the presentation ceremony held today (November 24), at the Knutsford Court Hotel, New Kingston. At centre is Managing Director at Alpart, Sergey Kostyuk. The scholarships are valued at over $100 million.

UC Rusal Awards Over $100 Million in Scholarships
Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (left) is gifted with a painting by Art Teacher at York Castle High School, Akimeo Timoll (centre) and student, Tabia Mae. The painting, which depicts the Minister and York Castle Principal, Raymond Treasure, was presented at the official launch of the Sixth Form programme at the school on November 19.
Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (left) is gifted with a painting by Art Teacher at York Castle High School, Akimeo Timoll (centre) and student, Tabia Mae. The painting, which depicts the Minister and York Castle Principal, Raymond Treasure, was presented at the official launch of the Sixth Form programme at the school on November 19.

Rev. Thwaites Urging More Students to Seek Tertiary Studies
Executive Director, Food for the Poor, David Mair, speaking at the opening of the new Free Hill Basic School in St. Ann on Thursday, November 19. The school was one of 50 early childhood institutions constructed or upgraded under the organization’s ‘Jamaica 50 Campaign’ project.
Executive Director, Food for the Poor, David Mair, speaking at the opening of the new Free Hill Basic School in St. Ann on Thursday, November 19. The school was one of 50 early childhood institutions constructed or upgraded under the organization’s ‘Jamaica 50 Campaign’ project.

Food for the Poor Completes ‘Jamaica 50 Campaign’ Project

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Prime Minister Launches HEART Trust/NTA Mobile Welding Lab & Career Coach in St. Thomas

Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller says the HEART Trust/NTA’s Mobile Welding Laboratory and Career Coach is a bold and visionary initiative that will bring hope and new training opportunities to young persons, especially those in rural communities across Jamaica. “This is the type of creative approach to providing public service that every Government Agency and Department must embark on,” she...
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UWI Open Campus to Provide Scholarships for Youngsters Transitioning Out of State Care

The University of the West Indies (UWI) Open Campus will shortly be offering 45 scholarships to youngsters transitioning out of the state care, to pursue studies at the institution. The initiative is being facilitated under a three-year Transitional Living Programme for Children in State Care (TLP-CSC) project, being jointly implemented by the Open Campus; Caribbean Child Development Centre (CCDC); Child...
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NYS and Mo-Bay Community College Sign Tuition Assistance MoU

The National Youth Service (NYS) and Montego Bay Community College have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that will facilitate the payment of up to $100,000 in tuition fees annually, for needy students enrolled at the tertiary institution. The MoU, which was signed at the college recently, is expected to provide this assistance through the allocation of scholarships, which will...
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Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (2nd left), cuts the ribbon to officially open the new Free Hill Basic School in North West St. Ann, during the opening ceremony on Thursday, November 19. The school was built by Food for the Poor, as part of its Jamaica 50 Campaign, targeting the construction or upgrading of 50 early childhood institutions islandwide. Also participating in the proceedings, from left, are: the school’s Chairman, Derrick Evans; North West St. Ann Member of Parliament, Dr. Dayton Campbell; the school’s Principal, Ester Lewis Wauchoupe; and Executive Director, Food for the Poor, David Mair, along with two pupils.
Education

New Free Hill Basic School Opened

Thirty one infants of Free Hill district, in North West St. Ann, and their teachers, are now benefitting from a new basic school, which was constructed by Food for the Poor. The facility was built as part of the philanthropic organization’s Jamaica 50 Campaign, which targeted the construction or upgrading of 50 early childhood institutions islandwide, in commemoration of Jamaica’s...
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Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (second right); and Finance and Planning Minister, Dr. the Hon. Peter Phillips (left), symbolically break ground, at Norman Manley High School in St. Andrew, on Friday, November 20, to mark the commencement of construction work to build an additional classroom block, at a cost of $50 million. Also participating in the exercise, from 2nd left, are: Vice Chairman of the School’s Board of Management, Owen Lewin; and Principal, Adaire Powell Brown. The institution is situated in East Central St. Andrew for which Dr. Phillips is the Member of Parliament.
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$50M Classroom block to be built at Norman Manley High School

An additional classroom block is to be built at Norman Manley High School in East Central St. Andrew, at a cost of $50 million. Construction is scheduled to commence in December and be completed by March 2016. The new block is expected to facilitate the school administration’s removal of the double-shift system from the institution by the end of the...
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New Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Dr. Maurice Smith, addresses a Teachers’ Appreciation Luncheon, hosted by Jamaica Teaching Council (JTC) and Carlong Publishers Ltd., to recognize and award teachers of excellence from primary and secondary schools, at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in Kingston, on November 19.
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Teachers Honoured for Contribution

Some 100 teachers from primary and secondary schools across the island have been recognised and awarded for their contribution to the profession, by the Jamaica Teaching Council (JTC) and Carlong Publishers Ltd. Fifty-seven of these teachers from Regions One, Two and Five were feted and awarded at a Teachers’ Appreciation Luncheon on November 19, at the Pegasus Hotel in New...
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Donald Quarrie High Students to Access Online Extra Classes

Students at the Donald Quarrie High School, in East Rural St. Andrew, will soon have access to online extra classes in four Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) subjects. The subjects - Mathematics, English, Physics and Chemistry - will be offered through an innovation developed by One-on-One Educational Services, at a cost of $700,000. They will be offered on technological platforms,...
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