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Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (right), exchanges pleasantries with (from left): Pastor, May Pen Seventh Day Adventist Church in Clarendon, Rev. Barrington McLean, and Principal of Glenmuir High School, also situated in May Pen, Dr. Marsha Smalling, during the institution’s annual academic conference, Colloquium 2015, which was held at its campus on Tuesday, September 1, under the theme: ‘Flagrans Fire: Blazing the Flame of Excellence’. Rev. Thwaites was the guest speaker.
Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (right), exchanges pleasantries with (from left): Pastor, May Pen Seventh Day Adventist Church in Clarendon, Rev. Barrington McLean, and Principal of Glenmuir High School, also situated in May Pen, Dr. Marsha Smalling, during the institution’s annual academic conference, Colloquium 2015, which was held at its campus on Tuesday, September 1, under the theme: ‘Flagrans Fire: Blazing the Flame of Excellence’. Rev. Thwaites was the guest speaker.

Education Minister Emphasises Importance of Strengthening Social Skills of Youth

Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, says the school remains one of the most influential and important institutions for strengthening the social skills of Jamaica’s youth. In this regard, he is urging school administrators and educators, particularly at the secondary...
Principal Director of the National College for Educational Leadership (NCEL), Dr. Maurice Smith, makes a motivational presentation to a group of Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) awardees, at a ceremony hosted by Manpower & Maintenance Services (MMS) Ltd, at its head office in Kingston on August 28.
Principal Director of the National College for Educational Leadership (NCEL), Dr. Maurice Smith, makes a motivational presentation to a group of Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) awardees, at a ceremony hosted by Manpower & Maintenance Services (MMS) Ltd, at its head office in Kingston on August 28.

National College for Educational Leadership Announces New Programmes
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
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

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Education Minister Urges Teachers To Pursue Training At NCEL

Teachers seeking promotion to administrative positions in secondary schools, particularly as Principals, are being encouraged to pursue training at the National College for Educational Leadership (NCEL). Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, said this is necessary to acquire the requisite qualifications to effectively manage the institutions they seek to head, as well as to be considered by the Ministry for...
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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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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

Education Ministry Takes Action to Identify Autism Early

The Ministry of Education is taking steps to facilitate the diagnosis of autism at the early childhood level, and to apply the appropriate responses. “We have, in conjunction with the Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA), reformed and reopened the Voluntary Organization for the Upliftment of Children (VOUCH) centre at West Race Course, in Kingston, with a particular focus on the diagnosis...
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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, addresses a JIS Think Tank on Tuesday, August 25. At right is Director of Technical Services in the Ministry, Carey Brown.
Education

$50 Million Worth of Furniture Procured for Schools

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....
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