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Special Projects Officer at the Jamaica Information Service (JIS), Christine Ade-Gold, presents heritage material to Principal of the Breadnut Hill Primary School in St. Ann, Ricardo Kennedy, during a visit to the school by a JIS team on October 21, as part of the agency’s Heritage Month celebrations.

Principals Credit Improved Performance to Good Teacher – Pupil Ratio

The principals of three prominent primary schools in St. Ann are crediting improved academic performances to good teacher-pupil ratio, which makes for better interaction and attention. “The primary schools have come a long way and many parents are no longer...

Executive Director of the National Parenting Support Commission (NPSC), Dr. Patrece Charles-Freeman.

Poor Parenting Is To Blame

Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, addressing the Jamaica Inclusive Education Conference at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St. James on Thursday (October 29). The Minister, who delivered the main address at the event, spoke of Government’s progress in ensuring that special need students are better able to participate in the education system.

30 Special Education Centres to Be Established

General Manager of the Spanish Jamaica Foundation, (SJF), Karen Donaldson (2nd right), and Community Relations Manager at Grand Bahia Principe Hotel in St. Ann, Farrah Blake (centre), present a cheque for $300,000 to Deputy Manager of the HEART College of Hospitality Services in Runaway Bay, St. Ann, Angela Powell (3rd left). The money represents the value of five scholarships presented to students of the institution on Tuesday (October 27). From left, are scholarship awardees: Tavia Rowe, Matthew Bancroft, Shadae Rowe, Kimberley Bryan, and Ganisha Johnson; and Head of Sections (Spanish) at the college, Nicole Dennis Lawrence.

Spanish Jamaica Foundation Awards $300,000 in Scholarships

Terrike Brown tries his hand at pottery making in Japan.

JET Participant Hails Programme

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Access to Secondary Education a Proud Achievement – Thwaites

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, said the fact that every student has the opportunity for a five-year secondary school education is a proud achievement for the country. Speaking at Mount Alvernia High School’s prize giving ceremony at the Blessed Sacrament Cathedral in Montego Bay, St. James on Thursday (October 29, the Minister said that there was a time...

10 years ago Education

Mico Care Centre Continues to Impact Lives of Children

The Mico University College Child Assessment and Research in Education (CARE) Centre was established in 1980 through collaboration with the Ministry of Education, to meet the needs of children in Jamaica and the English-speaking Caribbean who suffer from learning disabilities and require special interventions. Thirty-five years later, the institution continues to significantly impact the lives of children who struggle to...

10 years ago Education

Gov’t Investment In Education Paying Off

The Government’s increased investment in education continues to bear fruit, as evidenced by the steady improvement in the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) passes over the last three years. Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, reports that the average pass rate for students from public schools, who sat English in the CSEC examinations in 2012, has increased by 10 percentage...

10 years ago Education

NCB Foundation to Continue Paying Examination Fees

The Ministry of Education is reminding parents, guardians and students that the National Commercial Bank (NCB) Foundation will continue to pay in full for CSEC Principles of Accounts and Principles of Business examination fees, for qualifying students at the secondary level. In a bulletin issued by the Ministry on October 28, the Ministry said that in an effort to ensure quality...

10 years ago Education

Diagnostic and Early Childhood Centre for Sam Sharpe Teachers’ College

Sam Sharpe Teachers’ College, in St. James, is to benefit from a Diagnostic and Early Childhood Centre, to complement its preparation of trained teachers with specialization in Early Childhood and Special Education. To this end, Cabinet has approved a contract to Food for the Poor for the construction of the Centre at a cost of $50.64 million. “Presently, there is...

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.

10 years ago Education

Education Ministry Partners With Joan Duncan Foundation to Train Teachers

The Ministry of Education, through its Operation Turnaround Programme, has partnered with the Joan Duncan Foundation to offer training to team members in 150 public schools, under a project known as ‘Conversations for Greatness’. Training is geared at inspiring a change in the mindset of schoolteachers, administrators and support staff towards becoming transformational educators, in an effort to achieve an...

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.

10 years ago Education

Education Minister Lauds Japan Exchange and Teaching Programme

Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, has lauded the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Programme for exposing and enabling Jamaicans to adopt expertise in new areas, while heightening their cultural awareness of the Asian country. Of great significance, he said, has been the participants’ ability to emulate the disciplined work ethic synonymous with the Japanese. The Minister was speaking at...