Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, says the Ministry provided 40,000 pieces of new furniture for schools, at the start of the academic year, in September. The Minister also noted that two weeks ago, the Ministry had to find an additional $25,000 million to supply furniture to schools, adding that arrangements have been made with the HEART Trust and other...

Senior Education Officer in charge of Guidance and Counselling, Antoinette Brooks, says the Ministry of Education continues to provide intervention support for the administrators of schools, to assist them to better manage challenges involving students displaying indifferent and negative behaviour. Included in the support, she noted, are activities coordinated by the School Safety and Security Division; programmes administered through the...

The Ministry of Education is to roll out the national curriculum on trafficking in persons during the current academic year. The curriculum, jointly developed with the National Task Force Against Trafficking in Persons, aims to better enable teachers to impart the facts and issues relating to human trafficking to their students. Trafficking in person is commonly characterised by abduction, forced...

Rise to Education, a group of student volunteers from Corporate Area high schools, is on a mission to make a difference in the lives of less fortunate children through education. The group was started in 2012 by five students from the prestigious St. Andrew High School for Girls, with a mission to assist inner city students to excel in school...

Three weeks into the merger of Charlie Smith and Trench Town high schools, Principal of the new institution, Garth Gayle, says students and staff are adapting well to the union. The amalgamation, which took effect on September 14, sees Charlie Smith accommodating students from both institutions, with Trench Town to be transformed into a polytechnic college, which will offer career...

The Government has been proactive in ensuring that acceptable hygiene exists at schools to prevent any form of health risks, and that officials have been visiting educational institutions to tackle the Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease (HFMD). This was emphasised by Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, who noted that during the first week of September, personnel from the...

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, has renewed his call for more philanthropic groups and individuals to contribute to the continued growth and development of the country's education sector. He noted that while the Government spends $80 billion annually or 30 per cent of the recurrent budget on education, "that is not enough; we need much more money, also...