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Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (left), in discussion with Principal of the Cedar Grove Academy, in St. Catherine, Otis Brown, prior to the start of an education stakeholders’ consultation, held at the institution, today (June 4).
Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (left), in discussion with Principal of the Cedar Grove Academy, in St. Catherine, Otis Brown, prior to the start of an education stakeholders’ consultation, held at the institution, today (June 4).

Education Ministry Identifies $1 Billion to Improve Benefits to Teachers

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, says the Ministry has identified $1 billion to add to improved benefits to the educators. “All indications are that the (wage) settlement between the teachers and the Government is near at hand; it...
Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (left); Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill (right), and Chairman of LASCO Jamaica Limited Affiliated Companies, Hon. Lascelles Chin (centre), having a few words with Grade 5 students of Allman Town Primary School, Daniel Campbell (2nd right) and Jo-nathan Smith (2nd left), at the Third Annual LASCO Releaf Environmental Awareness Programme (REAP) Awards Ceremony and Luncheon, held on June 3 at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston.
Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (left); Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill (right), and Chairman of LASCO Jamaica Limited Affiliated Companies, Hon. Lascelles Chin (centre), having a few words with Grade 5 students of Allman Town Primary School, Daniel Campbell (2nd right) and Jo-nathan Smith (2nd left), at the Third Annual LASCO Releaf Environmental Awareness Programme (REAP) Awards Ceremony and Luncheon, held on June 3 at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston.

Education Minister Commends Teachers
Minister of Education, Rev. Hon. Ronald Thwaites, addresses Junior Achievement Jamaica’s (JAJ) third annual Champions for Youth awards banquet, held on May 27, at the Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston.
Minister of Education, Rev. Hon. Ronald Thwaites, addresses Junior Achievement Jamaica’s (JAJ) third annual Champions for Youth awards banquet, held on May 27, at the Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston.

Education Minister Hails Junior Achievement Jamaica
Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, uses a computer in the mobile computer lab, which will benefit eight primary and infant schools. The unit dubbed: ‘Tech De Bus II’ was officially launched on May 21, at the Ministry in Kingston.
Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, uses a computer in the mobile computer lab, which will benefit eight primary and infant schools. The unit dubbed: ‘Tech De Bus II’ was officially launched on May 21, at the Ministry in Kingston.

Eight Primary and Infant Schools to Benefit from Mobile Computer Lab
Principal, St. Anne’s Career Advancement Programme, Nahema Daniels, shows off items created by woodwork students to Director of Security and Safety, Ministry of Education, Sergeant Coleridge Minto, during the 2nd staging of the institution’s Career Day on Thursday (May 21), at the school’s premises at 12 Percy Street, West Kingston.
Principal, St. Anne’s Career Advancement Programme, Nahema Daniels, shows off items created by woodwork students to Director of Security and Safety, Ministry of Education, Sergeant Coleridge Minto, during the 2nd staging of the institution’s Career Day on Thursday (May 21), at the school’s premises at 12 Percy Street, West Kingston.

St. Anne’s CAP Students Show Off Skills at Career Day

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Education Ministry Instructs Principals Not to Lock Out Students

The Ministry of Education is instructing Chairmen of School Boards, principals and other school administrators to desist from locking students outside of schools as punishment for lateness and breaches to school uniform. In a bulletin issued today (May 21), the Ministry says it has received a number of complaints from parents and other stakeholders that school administrators are consistently locking...
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Parents Urged to Help Prepare Students for Literacy and Numeracy Test

Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, is encouraging parents to provide support to teachers in preparing students for the upcoming Grade Four Literacy and Numeracy Test to be held on June 30. He said parents can assist “by reading to students and having them read back to you.” Rev. Thwaites  was speaking at the St. Michael’s Infant and Primary School’s...
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Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, encourages students of Barrett Town All-age School in St. James, when he visited the school recently. With the Minister on the platform is Grade 6 student, Jaheel Sanford.
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Education Minister Urges School Community to Stay Focused

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, is urging members of the Barrett Town All-age School community to stay focused, as they strive to overcome their recent tragedy. Rev. Thwaites, who visited the school in St. James, recently, said the purpose of his visit was to see how the school family was recovering from the March 30 stabbing death of...
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Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, addresses principals of Regions 3 and 4 at the Montego Bay Community College, in St. James, recently.
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School Administrators Have Pivotal Role to Play in TVET’s Transition

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev.  Ronald Thwaites, says school administrators have a pivotal role to play in transitioning Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) into the general education system. The Minister, who was addressing principals of schools in Regions 3 and 4, in Montego Bay recently, urged the educators to play their part in the transformation process. “All of...
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Director of Safety and Security in Schools at the Ministry of Education, Sergeant Coolridge Minto (right), offers congratulations to United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization-Vocational Education (UNESCO-UNEVOC) Skills in Action awardee, Alia Wedderburn (left), at the 2nd International Conference on Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in the Caribbean, held recently at the Hilton Rose Hall Hotel and Spa, in St James.
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School Security and Safety Policy Guidelines Revised

Revision of the Education Ministry’s School Security and Safety Policy Guidelines has been completed and the document is expected to be ready for distribution by the start of the new academic year in September 2015. Director of Safety and Security in Schools at the Ministry, Sergeant Coolridge Minto, told JIS News that all policies pertaining to safety and security in...
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Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (left), greets Patron of the United Theological College of the West Indies (UTCWI) 50th Anniversary Celebrations, Lady Rheima Hall, wife of former Governor-General, His Excellency Professor Sir Kenneth Hall. Occasion was the institution’s launch of its Distance Education Programme, on May 18. Looking on at centre is Chairman of the College’s Foundation, Reynold Scott.
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Religious Community Urged to Impart Values of the Church

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, has invited the religious community to impart the values of the church to arrest the perverted attitudes among the youth population. The Minister said the importance of applying the sanctuary to the society is paramount, as a counter culture exists in many aspects of entertainment, and “habits of perverse values and attitudes create...
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Minister of Agriculture, Labour and Social Security, Hon Derrick Kellier (right) is assisted by Minister of Education, the Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (2nd left) as he cuts the ribbon to officially open the Falmouth Infant School Library on Friday May 15. Also participating in the ribbon cutting ceremony are Chairman of the Jamaica Library Service, Paul Lalor (left) and students of the school. The facility was provided for under the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries’ Sugar Transformation Programme which is being implemented throughout the sugar dependent communities of Jamaica.
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Residents of Trelawny to Benefit from Two New Libraries

Residents of two towns in the parish of Trelawny are now enjoying new library facilities valued at $26.8 million from funds acquired under the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries’, Sugar Transformation Programme (STP). The Falmouth Infant School Library ($8.8 million) and the Clarks Town Branch Library ($18 million) were officially opened by Portfolio Minister Hon. Derrick Kellier and Minister of...
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