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Terrike Brown tries his hand at pottery making in Japan.
Terrike Brown tries his hand at pottery making in Japan.

JET Participant Hails Programme

An unquenchable passion for new experiences and a desire to learn the cultures of others prompted Terrike Brown to travel more than 12,000 kilometres to the East Asian island of Japan in 2011 to participate in the Japan Exchange and...
Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, delivers the keynote address at the launch of Conversations for Greatness held on October 13 at the Pegasus Hotel. Conversations for Greatness is a project by the Joan Duncan Foundation, an organisation under the Jamaica Money Market Brokers (JMMB) Group, and involves collaboration with the Ministry’s Operation Turnaround programme.
Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, delivers the keynote address at the launch of Conversations for Greatness held on October 13 at the Pegasus Hotel. Conversations for Greatness is a project by the Joan Duncan Foundation, an organisation under the Jamaica Money Market Brokers (JMMB) Group, and involves collaboration with the Ministry’s Operation Turnaround programme.

Education Ministry Partners With Joan Duncan Foundation to Train Teachers
Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (left), addressing guests attending the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Programme’s 15th anniversary symposium, at the Medallion Hall Hotel, St. Andrew, on October 21.
Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (left), addressing guests attending the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Programme’s 15th anniversary symposium, at the Medallion Hall Hotel, St. Andrew, on October 21.

Education Minister Lauds Japan Exchange and Teaching Programme
Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites.
Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites.

Rev. Thwaites Urges Parents to Support Schools in Maintaining Discipline
Education Minister, Rev. the Hon. Ronald Thwaites (3rd right), applauds University of the West Indies’ (UWI) student athletes (from left): Hansle Parchment, Shanieka Thomas and Fredrick Dacres, for their performance at the 2015 International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Championship in Beijing, China. Jamaica Olympic Association President, Hon. Mike Fennell (centre); Principal of the Mona Campus, Professor Archibald McDonald (2nd right); and Director of Sports at UWI, Dalton Myers, also hailed the athletes at the Principal’s Special Reception held in their honour at the Mona Visitor’s Lodge on October 20.
Education Minister, Rev. the Hon. Ronald Thwaites (3rd right), applauds University of the West Indies’ (UWI) student athletes (from left): Hansle Parchment, Shanieka Thomas and Fredrick Dacres, for their performance at the 2015 International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Championship in Beijing, China. Jamaica Olympic Association President, Hon. Mike Fennell (centre); Principal of the Mona Campus, Professor Archibald McDonald (2nd right); and Director of Sports at UWI, Dalton Myers, also hailed the athletes at the Principal’s Special Reception held in their honour at the Mona Visitor’s Lodge on October 20.

Rev. Thwaites Hails UWI Student Athletes

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$1.3 Million Awarded Under Glencore Scholarship Fund

Scholarships and bursaries valued at $1.3 million have been awarded to six tertiary students under the Glencore Scholarship Fund for the 2015/16 academic year. The awards, which range from $200,000 to $300,000, were handed over during a ceremony held at the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ) Auditorium in Kingston today (October 21). The recipients, who hail from bauxite producing parishes,...
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Education Ministry Provides 40,000 Pieces of New Furniture For Schools

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...
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Education Ministry Continues to Provide Support for School Administrators

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...
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Education Ministry To Roll Out Curriculum On Trafficking In Persons

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...
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Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (centre), shares a moment with lower sixth form students of the Denham Town High School, Sashika Birch (left), and Simielle Francis, after they presented him with art work during his visit to the downtown Kingston institution on Thursday (Oct. 8).
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Education Minister Pledges Assistance to Denham Town High School

Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, has committed to look into addressing the needs of the Denham Town High, including improving the technical and vocational capacities of the institution. He said that the Ministry wants to make an example of the downtown Kingston-based school, as one that is able to transform lives. “You have difficult circumstances given the students you...
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Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (right) presents fourth year student at the Shortwood Teachers’ College, Orlando Roberts (left) with a scholarship under the Ministry’s Mathematics and Science Education Scholarship Programme. The presentation ceremony was held at the Ministry’s head office at National Heroes Circle in Kingston on October 9
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51 Maths and Science Students Receive Scholarships

Fifty-one students have been awarded Mathematics and Science Education scholarships, to pursue degree programmes at teacher training institutions across the island. The initiative, valued at $14 million, is the first phase of a drive, by the Education Ministry, to increase the quantity and quality of instructors in these subject areas. Speaking with JIS News at a press briefing held at...
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Upper sixth form student at the American International School of Kingston (AISK), Brandon Chin Loy (left), assists Jodi Porter, fellow participant in the Student Programme for Innovation in Science and Engineering (SPISE), to drill holes into a metal plate hub for a wind turbine they were designing. Brandon was one of four Jamaican high school students to participate in the regional programme, put on by the Caribbean Science Foundation, from July 18 to August 14, at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Cave Hill campus.
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Jamaican Student Excels in Regional Science Programme

Filled with a passion for engineering and a vision of a sustainable future for Jamaica, 17-year-old Brandon Chin Loy has already tasked himself with the responsibility of developing innovative ways to create environmentally friendly sources of energy. “With the pace at which we are depleting our (natural) resources, not only in Jamaica but the world at large, we need to...
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