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Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (left), receives a gift from Vice-Principal of the Runaway Bay All Age School, Simone-Lowe Miller (right), at the opening of the Infant Department at the Runaway Bay All Age School, in St. Ann, on February 3. At centre is the school's Vice Chairman, Leroy Williams.

Good Nutrition A Must For Children – Education Minister

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, has emphasised the importance of good nutrition for the nation’s children, noting that 128,000 early childhood students across the island are being provided with lunch and breakfast by the Government. Speaking at the...

Chairman of the National Commercial Bank Foundation, Thalia Lyn (right), in discussion with Principal of the Convent of Mercy Academy, Alpha, Mrs. Kali McMorris (centre) and Deputy Chief Education Officer, Lena Buckle Scott, at the institution, on February 3. Occasion was the presentation of more than $11 million in sponsorship fees to support students sitting the 2016 Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) principles of business (POB) and principles of accounts (POA) examinations in May or June.

Deputy Chief Education Officer Highlights Importance of SBAs

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (right), speaks with Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Dr. Maurice Smith, about his book ‘School Self-Evaluation: Towards a Model to Enhance School Leadership in Jamaica,’ which was launched on January 27 at the Courtleigh Hotel in New Kingston.

Schools to Adopt Self-Evaluation Model

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (standing), interacts with Priyanka Paharsingh (left), and Tarshea Richards prior to the start of the Caribbean Conference of Seventh-Day Christians Prayer Breakfast at the Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston today (January 31).

PM Reiterates Call for Jamaicans to Protect Children

Master Trainer at St. John Ambulance, Linford Edwards, demonstrates emergency first aid procedures during the National Health Fund (NHF)-sponsored training course conducted at the Rousseau Primary School in St. Andrew, recently. The teachers received training in first aid and asthma management under the Health Promoting Schools Programme.

Teachers at Rousseau Primary Trained in Asthma Management and First Aid

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Initiative to Increase and Retain the Number of Fully Qualified Mathematics and Science Teachers

Mr Speaker, on previous occasions I have advised this honourable house that there was a deficit in the number of teachers qualified to teach Mathematics in the public education system. About 22 per cent of the approximately 1800 teachers deployed to the secondary system are fully qualified. As an interim measure, since 2014, the Ministry of Education introduced a cadre...

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Dr. Simon Clarke Headlines UWI Western Jamaica Public Lecture Series

Distinguished educator and Board Chairman of the All American Institute of Medical Sciences (AAIMS), Dr. Simon Clarke, heads the line-up of distinguished presenters at the 2016 lecture series, being staged by the University of the West Indies’ (UWI) Mona Western Jamaica Campus. The four-day event gets underway on Monday, February 1 at the institution’s Montego Bay campus, located at 10...

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (right), in conversation with President of the Jamaica Association of Education Officers, Ms. Patricia Perry, after delivering an address to education officers at the Association’s half yearly meeting, held on Friday, January 29, at the Mona Visitors’ Lodge.

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Education Officers Urged To Be Receptive To Change

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, has urged education officers to be open to change, in order to effect improvement in the education sector. The Minister was delivering an address at the half yearly meeting of the Jamaica Association of Education Officers, at the Mona Visitors’ Lodge, on January 29. Rev. Thwaites argued that there are challenges in the ...

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NCU President to Serve Until August 2016

After presenting his annual report to the Northern Caribbean University (NCU) Board, NCU president, Dr. Trevor G. Gardner, indicated his desire not to be considered for service in the 2016-17 academic year. He has offered to serve for the rest of the 2015-2016 academic year, through to the graduation of the class of 2016 in August. The president pointed out...

Minister of Education, the Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites.

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No Place in School for Violence, Discrimination – Rev. Thwaites

Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, says the Ministry will not tolerate violence or discrimination in schools. He said that through the Health and Family Life Education (HFLE) curriculum, focus is being placed on encouraging positive behaviour among students. “It…needs to be repeated that there is no place in our schools for violence or bullying based on differences in gender,...

Regional Director (Region 4), Ministry of Education, Dr. Michele Pinnock, addresses launching ceremony for a breakfast programme for students of Cornwall College, on January 27. The programme was established by the local and Canadian chapters of the Alumni Association, in collaboration with Scarlett House Catering in Canada.

10 years ago Education

Cornwall College Students to Benefit from Breakfast Programme

Hundreds of students of Cornwall College, in St. James, are to benefit from a breakfast programme, established by the local and Canadian chapters of the institution’s Alumni Association, in collaboration with Scarlett House Catering, a leading catering business in Canada. The breakfast initiative, which is aimed at assisting students whose parents are financially challenged, and who are habitually late and...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (centre), looks at a plaque detailing the sponsors of the state-of-the-art Union Gardens Infant School, at the official opening of the institution on Wednesday, January 13. Others (from left) are: Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites; and Managing Director of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Mr. Omar Sweeney. The school, located in South West St. Andrew was constructed last year through the collaboration of several public and private partners.

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Early Childhood Education a Priority – PM

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, has hailed the development of the new Union Gardens Infant School as an example of the Government’s commitment to early childhood education. The state-of-the-art institution, located off Spanish Town Road in the South West St. Andrew constituency, was constructed at a cost of approximately $174 million through public-private partnership. Speaking at the...