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Director General of the Jamaica Library Service (JLS), Karen Barton.

Users of Public Libraries Benefitting From Improved Access to ICTS

The Jamaica Library Service (JLS) has been transforming public libraries across the island by equipping them with state-of-the-art technology resources, in order to provide Jamaicans with improved access to information and communications technologies (ICTs). This is being done through the...

Jamaican Andrew Chong (5th from left) along with the other recipients of the China Communication Construction Company’s (CCCC) Excellent Foreign Youth Employee Award for 2013-2015 display their award. Occasion was an awards ceremony that was held in Beijing, China in late January.

Jamaican Receives CCCC’S Youth Employee Award

The math mural mounted at the Calabar High School. The mural, created by the Calabar Old Boys’ Association (COBA), as part of its ‘Building a Mathematics culture at Calabar’ programme, is designed to motivate and inspire students.

Calabar High Boys Acing Math

Director of Marketing and Communication at the HEART Trust/NTA, Mrs. Natalie Fearon.

HEART Trust/NTA To Provide Training For More Persons

Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites ( 3rd right), cuts the ribbon to officially open the Cosmetology and Performing Arts Building at the Green Pond High School in Montego Bay, St. James on February 19. Others (from left) are: Regional Director of the Ministry of Education’s Western offices, Dr. Michelle Pinnock; Principal of the Green Pond High, Michael Ellis; School Board Chairman, Stephen Shaw; Coordinator of the school’s Career Advancement Programme, (CAP), Keneisha Campbell; and Lloyd B. Smith.

Minister Thwaites Opens Cosmetology and Performing Arts Building at Green Pond High

10 years ago EducationJIS Think Tank

Education Ministry Stages Mathematics Expo March 10

The fourth staging of the Ministry of Education’s Mathematics exposition is scheduled to take place on Thursday, March 10. Addressing a JIS ‘Think Tank’, today (March 2), National Mathematics Coordinator, Dr. Tamika Benjamin, said thousands of primary, secondary and tertiary level students from across the island will gather on the grounds of the Old Library at the University of West...

10 years ago Education

Jamaica Day To Be Observed In Schools March 4

Senior Education Officer in the Core Curriculum Unit of the Ministry of Education, Marlon Williams, says plans are in high gear for Jamaica Day 2016 celebrations. The annual celebrations, which are usually held on the last Friday in February, will take place instead on Friday, March 4. Mr. Williams told JIS News that in light of the general election, which...

10 years ago Education

HEART Trust/NTA to Launch MSME Support Programme

The HEART Trust/NTA is on track to launch its Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprise (MSME) Support Programme in March, which will provide grant funding of up to $3 million to entrepreneurs enrolled in its Smart Track Programme. The Smart Track Programme, which includes specially designed and customised courses for entrepreneurs, allows them to pursue Level Three National Vocational Qualification of...

10 years ago Education

Focus on Cognitive Skills at the Early Childhood Level – Rev. Thwaites

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, says parents should not panic if their children are slow to read at the early childhood level. He said the focus at that stage should be on the development of the cognitive skills, which are related to learning, reasoning, and problem-solving. In a recent interview with JIS News, Rev. Thwaites said it is...

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (fourth left), takes part in the symbolic handing over of a $100 million cheque from the HEART Trust/NTA to the Students’ Loan Bureau (SLB), to provide assistance to 250 tertiary students pursuing technical and vocational courses, as well as courses in the Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) disciplines, on Monday, February 22, at the Ministry of Finance and Planning, in Kingston. With him are (from left): Chairman of the SLB, Mr. Anthony Lewars; Executive Director of the SLB, Ms. Monica Brown; Financial Secretary in the Finance and Planning Ministry, Mr. Devon Rowe; Chairman of the HEART Trust/NTA, Dr. Moses Peart; and Executive Director of HEART Trust/NTA, Dr. Wayne Wesley.

10 years ago Education

Students’ Loan Bureau Gets $100 Million From HEART Trust/NTA

The Students’ Loan Bureau (SLB) has received a $100 million contribution to its revolving loan fund from the HEART Trust/NTA, to be available to tertiary students enrolled in technical and vocational courses and the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) disciplines. This contribution is in addition to a previous allotment of $250 million to the programme last year. Minister of...

10 years ago Education

Heart Trust/NTA Developing Career And Lifelong Learning Policy

The HEART Trust/NTA is developing a Career and Lifelong Learning Policy aimed at promoting continuous learning for a dynamic and constantly changing job market. The agency’s Career Development Unit preparing the policy will ensure that the country’s labour force has access to programmes and services, which will help them in managing their life, learning and working in self-directed ways. Director,...

Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (seated 3rd right), signs $10 million contract for the building of a new block of classrooms at the St. James High School in Montego Bay, St. James, today (February 19). Also signing (from left) are: Shaulan Scott and Richard Downer of the contracting firm, Marken Construction; Chairman of the School Board, Rev. Conrad Pitkin; Regional Director of the Ministry of Education Western Region, Dr. Michelle Pinnock, and Principal, Joseph Williams.

10 years ago Education

New Classrooms To Be Built At St. James High

A $10 million contract was signed on February 19 between the Ministry of Education and Marken Construction Limited, for the building of a new classroom block at St. James High School, in Montego Bay, St. James. Work is expected to commence before the end of this month and should be completed by June 30. Speaking at the signing ceremony, held...