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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

Twelve teachers of Rousseau Primary School in St. Andrew have been trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), asthma management and paediatric first aid under the Health Promoting Schools Programme. The training programme, sponsored by the National Health Fund (NHF), was conducted...

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.

Education Officers Urged To Be Receptive To Change

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

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

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.

Cornwall College Students to Benefit from Breakfast Programme

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.

Early Childhood Education a Priority – PM

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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, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (right), exchanges greetings with Executive Director of the Early Stimulation Programme (ESP), Antonica Gunter-Gayle. Occasion was the ground breaking ceremony for a new multi -purpose facility to house the Early Stimulation Programme (ESP), at Hanover Street, downtown Kingston on January 20.

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ESP to Get $87 Million Multipurpose Facility

A new $87 million facility is to be built to house the Early Stimulation Programme (ESP), which caters to children with disabilities. Ground was broken on Wednesday (January 20), for construction of a multi-purpose facility, at the programme’s location on Hanover Street, downtown Kingston. The project will include demolition of the existing structure and construction of a modern administrative block...

Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (left), is greeted by Chairman of the EXED Board of Management, Professor the Hon. Barbara Bailey, at the Excelsior Education Centre’s Founder’s Day Thanksgiving Service, held today (January 19) at the Excelsior High School Auditorium, on Mountain View Avenue, in Kingston.

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Education Minister Lauds Excelsior High School

Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, has lauded Excelsior High School for its outstanding contribution to the country’s education sector. Speaking at the institution’s Founder’s Day Thanksgiving Service, held today (January 19), at the Excelsior High School Auditorium on Mountain View Avenue, in Kingston, the Minister said the school’s founders were pioneers of universal education in Jamaica. “At independence time...

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (left), converses with Executive Director of HEART Trust/NTA, Dr. Wayne Wesley (centre), and Senior Director, Workforce Development and Employment, Denworth Finnikin. Occasion was a press conference held recently, at the agency’s corporate offices in Kingston.

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HEART/NTA Launches MSME Support Programme

The HEART Trust/NTA has launched a multimillion-dollar support programme, which will benefit students of the national skills training institute as well as operators of Micro, Small, and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSME). Under the initiative, 60 students graduating with National Vocational Qualification of Jamaica (NVQJ) level 3 qualification will obtain funding to start their own businesses, while 20 existing MSME operators will...

Director of the Ministry of Education’s Western Regional Office, Dr. Michelle Pinnock.

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Education Ministry Lauds Montego CO-Op Credit Union Schools Championship Quiz

The Ministry of Education has lauded the Montego Co-operative Credit Union Schools Academic Championship Quiz, which is now in its 23rd year. The quiz, which has primary and preparatory school students competing in a manner similar to the national schools challenge quiz, is very popular among the institutions in Westmoreland, Hanover, St. James and Trelawny. Lauding the Montego Co-operative Credit...

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (left), outlines the achievements of the Ministry to reporters on January 15, at the HEART/NTA corporate offices, in St. Andrew. At right is Executive Director of HEART/NTA, Dr. Wayne Wesley.

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Education Minister Highlights Increase in Numeracy Rate

With the numeracy rate increasing over the last five years, Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, says this must serve as an impetus for targets to be achieved in the education sector. Rev. Thwaites, who was outlining achievements of his Ministry, at the HEART/NTA corporate offices in St. Andrew, on January 16, said with all the challenges surrounding the...

Former student of the Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation (WCJF), Withy Smith, speaking at the official opening of the WCJF’s new offices in Denbigh, Clarendon, on January 13.

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Teenage Mother Lauds Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation

Possessing enormous perseverance, strength, and courage, 19 year-old Withy Smith has refused to allow the stigma associated with teenage pregnancy to characterise her or curtail her growth and development. A few years ago, after dropping out of high school due to pregnancy, Ms. Smith enrolled in the Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation (WCJF) programme for teenage mothers in Denbigh, Clarendon....