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Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites addresses students. (FILE)
Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites addresses students. (FILE)

Teachers To Be Trained To Improve The Way Boys Learn

The Ministry of Education will be training 40 persons who will, in turn, train classroom teachers in the differences in how boys and girls learn and the strategies that can be implemented to close the gender achievement gap. This decision...
National Literacy Coordinator, Dr. Andre Hill, speaking at a Back-to-School press conference on September 3.
National Literacy Coordinator, Dr. Andre Hill, speaking at a Back-to-School press conference on September 3.

Every School To Have Literacy Coordinator
Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Elaine Foster Allen addressing a ceremony to launch the 2015/16 school year at the Fidel Castro Campus of the Anchovy High School in St. James on Friday (September 11).
Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Elaine Foster Allen addressing a ceremony to launch the 2015/16 school year at the Fidel Castro Campus of the Anchovy High School in St. James on Friday (September 11).

Teachers Hailed for Role in Country Exceeding Literacy Mastery Target
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (3rd right) leads a group of officials in witnessing the raising of the Jamaican flag. Sharing the occasion from left are Chairman of the Anchovy High School Board, Calvin Brown, Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries and Member of Parliament for South St. James, Hon. Derrick Kellier, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Mrs. Elaine Foster Allen, Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, Cuban Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Bernardo Guanche Hernandez and Mrs. Hernandez. Mrs. Simpson Miller on Friday (September 11), officially opened the Fidel Castro Campus of the Anchovy High School located in Montpelier, St. James.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (3rd right) leads a group of officials in witnessing the raising of the Jamaican flag. Sharing the occasion from left are Chairman of the Anchovy High School Board, Calvin Brown, Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries and Member of Parliament for South St. James, Hon. Derrick Kellier, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Mrs. Elaine Foster Allen, Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, Cuban Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Bernardo Guanche Hernandez and Mrs. Hernandez. Mrs. Simpson Miller on Friday (September 11), officially opened the Fidel Castro Campus of the Anchovy High School located in Montpelier, St. James.

Don’t Lock Out Students – Rev. Thwaites
Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, is speaking at the launch of the 2015/16 school year at the Fidel Castro Campus of the Anchovy High School in St. James on Friday, September 11.
Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, is speaking at the launch of the 2015/16 school year at the Fidel Castro Campus of the Anchovy High School in St. James on Friday, September 11.

Tablets in Schools Programme Will Not Be Halted – Rev. Thwaites

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Chairman of the Joint Board of Teacher Education, Dr. Rose Davies speaking at the launch of the United Way of Jamaica’s 30th Anniversary Early Childhood Education Legacy Programme. The event was held recently at the Courtleigh Hotel and Suites in New Kingston.
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Associate Degree in Early Childhood Education Now Underway

A pilot programme for the Associate Degree in Early Childhood Education, is currently underway in several teaching institutions across the island. The Associate Degree, introduced by the Ministry of Education in September 2014, was designed by the Joint Board of Teacher Education (JBTE) and aims to improve the competencies of instructors in delivering material to their young pupils. The programme...
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Education

Early Childhood Sector to Mark Dudley Grant’s 100th Birthday

Students, teachers, and other stakeholders in the early childhood sector will participate in a week of activities from September 13 to 18, to mark the centennial of the birth of pioneer of early childhood development in Jamaica, Dudley Grant. Chair of the Board of Trustees, Dudley Grant Memorial Trust (DGMT), Professor the Hon. Elsa Leo-Rhynie, said the celebration is in...
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Principal Director of the National College for Educational Leadership (NCEL), Dr. Maurice Smith, makes a motivational presentation to a group of Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) awardees, at a ceremony hosted by Manpower & Maintenance Services Ltd on Aug. 28 at the company’s head office in Kingston.
Education

NCEL Reports Improved Performance by Students

The National College of Educational Leadership (NCEL) is reporting improved student performance in nearly all schools in which it has been working with the administrators. Principal Director, Dr. Maurice Smith, in an interview with JIS News, said this results from initiatives that it has been putting in place to support the principals. He added that the principals have been making...
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Peace Management Initiative (PMI) Administrator for St. James, Garfield McGhie (right), presents a backpack with school supplies to Davian Malcolm (3rd right). Occasion was the PMI’s annual back-to-school event for students of inner-city communities in Montego Bay, held on September 7, at the PMI Church Street offices. Looking on are PMI Administrative Assistant, Ganneth Mullings (left); Community Action Officers, Lavern Johnson (3rd left) and Beverly Gentles (background right), and other students.
Education

PMI Donates Back-To-School Supplies to Montego Bay Students

Eighty students from 10 inner-city communities in Montego Bay were on Monday (September 7) presented with back-to-school supplies by the Peace Management Initiative (PMI) branch in St. James. The students, who attend primary and high schools, received bags with exercise books, pens, pencils and other items valued at $150,000. The beneficiaries are drawn from the communities of Anchovy, Cambridge, Adelphi,...
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Deans of Discipline to Return to Half-Way Tree Transport Centre

Deans of discipline will continue to carry out inspections at the Half-Way Tree Transport Centre in the new school year. The officers, under an arrangement with the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC), carried out regular checks at the centre during the last school year, in order to reduce the number of students converging at the bus centre, which often results...
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Minister of Education, the Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites.
Education

Message For International Literacy Day 2015 From Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites

Today, Tuesday, September 8, 2015, Jamaica joins the rest of the world in celebrating an important day on the worldwide calendar: International Literacy Day 2015. This has been celebrated annually since 1966.   Jamaica has much to celebrate in the area of literacy. The country has exceeded the target of 85 per cent literacy at the primary level for 2015....
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Education

Literacy In The Spotlight September 8

Jamaica will join the rest of the world on Tuesday, September 8, to celebrate International Literacy Day, under the theme: ‘Literacy and Sustainable Societies’. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), promotes the day to underline the significance of literacy for international development and advancement. At the local level, in keeping with its mantra, ‘Every Child Can Learn,...
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