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Principal Director of the National College for Educational Leadership (NCEL), Dr. Maurice Smith (centre), and Chief Executive Officer of Manpower & Maintenance Services (MMS) Ltd., Audrey Hinchcliffe (seventh left), cut a cake with Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) awardees, during a function held on August 28, at the MMS head office in Kingston.
Principal Director of the National College for Educational Leadership (NCEL), Dr. Maurice Smith (centre), and Chief Executive Officer of Manpower & Maintenance Services (MMS) Ltd., Audrey Hinchcliffe (seventh left), cut a cake with Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) awardees, during a function held on August 28, at the MMS head office in Kingston.

Students Encouraged To Focus On School Work

Several students, who will be attending traditional and non-traditional high schools in September, have been urged to remain focused on their academic pursuits and to form friendships with others, who will encourage and motivate them to do well. The words...
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (centre); Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (right) and Director, Union Gardens Foundation, Glen Christian interact with students who will be attending the newly constructed Union Gardens Infant School, during a tour of the facility in South West St. Andrew, on August 28. The school, which will be opened in September, 2015, will accommodate 150 children, aged three and a half to five years.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (centre); Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (right) and Director, Union Gardens Foundation, Glen Christian interact with students who will be attending the newly constructed Union Gardens Infant School, during a tour of the facility in South West St. Andrew, on August 28. The school, which will be opened in September, 2015, will accommodate 150 children, aged three and a half to five years.

New Union Gardens Infant School to Be Opened In September
Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites. (FILE)
Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites. (FILE)

Education Minister Praises East Rural St Andrew Education Programme
Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (left), shares a light moment with founder of the Maia Chung Autism and Disabilities Foundation, Maia Chung and Director of Down 2 Earth Productions, Shauna Fung Yee. Occasion was the launch of the foundation’s scholarship programme on August 26 at the Ministry in Kingston.
Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (left), shares a light moment with founder of the Maia Chung Autism and Disabilities Foundation, Maia Chung and Director of Down 2 Earth Productions, Shauna Fung Yee. Occasion was the launch of the foundation’s scholarship programme on August 26 at the Ministry in Kingston.

Education Ministry Takes Action to Identify Autism Early
Chief Education Officer in the Ministry of Education, Dr. Grace McLean, addresses a JIS Think Tank on Tuesday, August 25. At right is Director of Technical Services in the Ministry, Carey Brown.
Chief Education Officer in the Ministry of Education, Dr. Grace McLean, addresses a JIS Think Tank on Tuesday, August 25. At right is Director of Technical Services in the Ministry, Carey Brown.

$50 Million Worth of Furniture Procured for Schools

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National College for Educational Leadership Announces New Programmes

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...
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SLB Is Adequately Financed – Thwaites

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...
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Turn Over a New Leaf for the New School Year – Rev. Thwaites Urges

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...
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Education

$267.5 Million Set Aside for Upgrading Works at Secondary Schools

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...
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Chief Education Officer in the Ministry of Education, Dr. Grace McLean.
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Closure Of Schools Will Benefit Students

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...
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Prime Minister, the Most. Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (centre), presents a copy of the signed wage agreement to President, Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA), Norman Allen. The JTA signed a new two-year wage agreement with the Government on Wednesday, August 26 during a ceremony held at Jamaica House today (Aug. 26). Looking on (from left) are: Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites; Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr. the Hon Peter Phillips; and Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Finance and Planning, Hon. Horace Dalley.
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PM Says Signing of Wage Agreement with Teachers a Win for Jamaica

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...
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Chief Education Officer in the Ministry of Education, Dr. Grace McLean.
Education

$4.2 Billion Allocated For School Feeding Programme; More Students to Benefit

The Ministry of Education will be spending approximately $4.2 billion under the School Feeding Programme for the 2015/2016 academic year. The allocation will enable hundreds of thousands of students in primary and secondary schools to receive a nutritious lunch each day, while over 130,000 children at the early childhood level will be provided with breakfast and lunch. Speaking at a...
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