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BB Coke High Gets New Block Of Classrooms

A new block of classrooms was officially opened at the BB Coke High School in St. Elizabeth, on November 12, by Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites. The new classrooms will provide more seats to comfortably accommodate the more...

Mrs. Elaine Foster-Allen, Permanent Secretary currently assigned to the Ministry of Education, will be re-assigned as Permanent Secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister effective November 16, 2015.

Reassignment of Permanent Secretaries

Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (left), hands over the keys to the Clarence Brimm Basic School in Troy, Trelawny to Principal, Pauline Brown (2nd left). The school is among four early childhood institutions in South Trelawny, upgraded by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) at a cost of $102 million, which were handed over on Friday (November 6). Others sharing in the occasion are Member of Parliament for Southern Trelawny Marissa Dalrymple Phillibert (2nd right); Managing Director of JSIF, Omar Sweeney; and Regional Director of the Ministry of Education Region 3, Maxine Hedlam (in background).

Gov’t Investing Big In Early Childhood Education

Governor General, His Excellency, the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen (left), presents the Proclamation declaring November 8 to 14 as Jamaica Independent Schools Association week to President of the Jamaica Independent Schools Association, Mr. Wesley Boynes, during a ceremony at Kings House on Friday, November 6. The Governor General also declared that the second week of November is to be observed as JISA Week annually.

November 8-14 Declared JISA Week

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

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Education Programme Launched for PATH Parents

The Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH) has partnered with the National Parenting Support Commission to launch an initiative aimed at increasing parenting skills to ensure that children are healthy and ready mentally and socially to engage the education system at grade one. Nine hundred parents from six parishes will participate in the Parenting Empowerment Programme, which will...

10 years ago Education

ECC Streamlines Process for Registration of Institutions

The Early Childhood Commission (ECC) has taken steps to restructure its registration process to better enable all early childhood institutions (ECIs) to meet the required standards for operation. Registrar at the ECC, Marlene Turner, will head the new registration department that has been established to streamline the process. Speaking with JIS News, Communications Manager at the ECC, Celia Morgan, said...

10 years ago Education

HEART TRUST to Expand Its Service Through ‘Career Coaches’

The HEART Trust/National Training Agency (HEART/NTA) has procured additional equipment, valued at over $20 million, which will serve to further expand the institution’s delivery of technical and vocational training islandwide. These acquisitions include two Toyota Coaster buses, which will serve as ‘Career Coaches’ and a 40-foot container that will be used as a mobile welding lab, which has been retrofitted...

10 years ago Education

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...

10 years ago Education

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....

10 years ago Education

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...

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.

10 years ago Education

UWI Collaborates With OAS to Deliver Citizenship Education Programme

A partnership between the Organization of American States (OAS) and the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, has strengthened the capacity of the institution to educate the youth about the value of governance to the Jamaican society. In June, the OAS signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with UWI to provide support to a Citizenship Education programme, being done...