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The math mural mounted at the Calabar High School. The mural, created by the Calabar Old Boys’ Association (COBA), as part of its ‘Building a Mathematics culture at Calabar’ programme, is designed to motivate and inspire students.

Calabar High Boys Acing Math

Calabar High School is boasting significant results from an initiative being spearheaded by the institution’s alumni to improve mathematics passes among students. The ‘Building a Mathematics culture at Calabar’ programme, launched in 2013, has seen an almost doubling of passes...

Director of Marketing and Communication at the HEART Trust/NTA, Mrs. Natalie Fearon.

HEART Trust/NTA To Provide Training For More Persons

Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites ( 3rd right), cuts the ribbon to officially open the Cosmetology and Performing Arts Building at the Green Pond High School in Montego Bay, St. James on February 19. Others (from left) are: Regional Director of the Ministry of Education’s Western offices, Dr. Michelle Pinnock; Principal of the Green Pond High, Michael Ellis; School Board Chairman, Stephen Shaw; Coordinator of the school’s Career Advancement Programme, (CAP), Keneisha Campbell; and Lloyd B. Smith.

Minister Thwaites Opens Cosmetology and Performing Arts Building at Green Pond High

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (fourth left), takes part in the symbolic handing over of a $100 million cheque from the HEART Trust/NTA to the Students’ Loan Bureau (SLB), to provide assistance to 250 tertiary students pursuing technical and vocational courses, as well as courses in the Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) disciplines, on Monday, February 22, at the Ministry of Finance and Planning, in Kingston. With him are (from left): Chairman of the SLB, Mr. Anthony Lewars; Executive Director of the SLB, Ms. Monica Brown; Financial Secretary in the Finance and Planning Ministry, Mr. Devon Rowe; Chairman of the HEART Trust/NTA, Dr. Moses Peart; and Executive Director of HEART Trust/NTA, Dr. Wayne Wesley.

Students’ Loan Bureau Gets $100 Million From HEART Trust/NTA

Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (seated 3rd right), signs $10 million contract for the building of a new block of classrooms at the St. James High School in Montego Bay, St. James, today (February 19). Also signing (from left) are: Shaulan Scott and Richard Downer of the contracting firm, Marken Construction; Chairman of the School Board, Rev. Conrad Pitkin; Regional Director of the Ministry of Education Western Region, Dr. Michelle Pinnock, and Principal, Joseph Williams.

New Classrooms To Be Built At St. James High

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HEART Trust/NTA to Launch MSME Support Programme

The HEART Trust/NTA is on track to launch its Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprise (MSME) Support Programme in March, which will provide grant funding of up to $3 million to entrepreneurs enrolled in its Smart Track Programme. The Smart Track Programme, which includes specially designed and customised courses for entrepreneurs, allows them to pursue Level Three National Vocational Qualification of...

10 years ago Education

Focus on Cognitive Skills at the Early Childhood Level – Rev. Thwaites

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, says parents should not panic if their children are slow to read at the early childhood level. He said the focus at that stage should be on the development of the cognitive skills, which are related to learning, reasoning, and problem-solving. In a recent interview with JIS News, Rev. Thwaites said it is...

10 years ago Education

Heart Trust/NTA Developing Career And Lifelong Learning Policy

The HEART Trust/NTA is developing a Career and Lifelong Learning Policy aimed at promoting continuous learning for a dynamic and constantly changing job market. The agency’s Career Development Unit preparing the policy will ensure that the country’s labour force has access to programmes and services, which will help them in managing their life, learning and working in self-directed ways. Director,...

Grade 4 students from the Barracks Road Primary School in Montego Bay, St. James, perform during the opening of a new block of classroom at the institution, today (February 19).

10 years ago Education

Education Minister Opens New Block of Classrooms at Barracks Road Primary

A new block of classrooms at the Barracks Road Primary School, in Montego Bay, St. James, was officially opened today (February 19), by Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites. The classrooms, which are accommodating students from grades 4 and 6 as well as those in a special literacy programme, were built at a cost of $25 million. In his address...

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Anthony Hylton (left) and Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (second left), having a light exchange with Chief Executive Officer for Kingston Wharves Limited, Grantley Stephenson and Seaview Gardens community member, Denise Marshall-Miller, during the launch of the St. Andrew Workforce College, today (February 18), at the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, in New Kingston.

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Industry Minister Launches St. Andrew Workforce College

Residents of Seaview Gardens and surrounding communities are to receive training in a range of skills, to be offered by St. Andrew Workforce College, which was launched today (February 18), at the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, in New Kingston. The college, which is to be established in Seaview Gardens, West St. Andrew, will provide competency-based training and international...

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (third left), and Chief Executive Officer of the CHASE Fund, W. Billy Heaven (second left), break ground for the Liberty Hill Infant School, in Discovery Bay, St. St. Ann, recently. Others (from left) are: People

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CHASE Continues to Support Critical Areas of National Development

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Culture, Health, Arts, Sports and Education Fund (CHASE), W. Billy Heaven, says the organization continues to be a leader in the critical areas of national development, particularly sports and early childhood education. In a recent interview with JIS News, Mr. Heaven said as it relates to sports development, CHASE gives 40 per cent of...

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (left), and Acting Custos of St. Andrew, Lt. Commander John McFarlane, discuss a book on the life and work of some of the country’s national heroes, at the official launch of Jamaica Day 2016 on February 16, at the Excelsior Community College in Kingston. Jamaica Day will be observed on March 4 under the theme: ‘Celebrating Jamaica, Promoting the Arts.’

10 years ago Education

Be Proud of Our Heritage – Rev. Thwaites

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, is urging Jamaicans to be proud of and protect the country’s rich heritage. “Jamaica is a good place to be born. Our culture is a noble and dignified one and we must not allow it to be smirched and downgraded by all kinds of influences, most of them from abroad,” he said. The...