The National College for Educational Leadership (NCEL) has announced a series of new programmes to come on stream over the next few months, aimed at building the professional capacity of educational leaders at different levels of the sector. Principal Director of NCEL, Dr. Maurice Smith, in an interview with JIS News, said the agency, which is operated under the Ministry...

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, is assuring prospective tertiary-level entrants that the Student Loan Bureau (SLB) is adequately financed to fulfill its demands this year. He said the SLB has been allocated between $ 4 billion and $5 billion to deal with the usually high number of applications by those hoping to undertake tertiary education. Rev. Thwaites, who...

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites is calling on students, parents and educators to “turn over a new leaf” by committing to the pursuit of excellence in the new academic year. “This is a time for deep commitment on the part of us all and the commitment embraces everyone...we must use what we have to accomplish more for ourselves...

Several secondary institutions across the island have been earmarked for expansion and renovation of classrooms and other amenities at a cost of some $267.5 million. Director of Technical Services in the Ministry of Education, Carey Brown, told JIS News that four classrooms will be built at the Vauxhall High School in Kingston and a “lightweight structure” added to an existing...

The Ministry of Education has procured 40,000 pieces of furniture valued at over $50 million for infant, primary and secondary schools across the island. Chief Education Officer in the Ministry, Dr. Grace McLean, told JIS News that delivery of the furniture to schools commenced in the first week of July and should be completed by the last week in August....

Chief Education Officer in the Ministry of Education, Dr. Grace McLean, said the decision by the Government to close 18 under-populated primary schools this year was to ensure that better opportunity is provided for the children attending those institutions. Dr. McLean, who was speaking at a JIS Think Tank on Tuesday (August 25), said a number of the schools were...

Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller says the signing of Wage Agreement between the Government of Jamaica and The Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) is a win for Jamaica. “Today, it is not the teachers, or the Government, who have won the negotiations. It is Jamaica that has won,” the Prime Minister emphasized.  The Wage Agreement was signed by representatives of the...