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Rev. Thwaites Urges Parents to Support Schools in Maintaining Discipline

Education Minister, the Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, is calling on parents to support school administrations in upholding discipline in educational institutions. Rev. Thwaites, who was addressing the annual conference of principals and vice principals in St. Ann recently, said the...

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

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).

Education Minister Pledges Assistance to Denham Town High School

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

51 Maths and Science Students Receive Scholarships

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.

Jamaican Student Excels in Regional Science Programme

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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,...

10 years ago Education

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...

10 years ago Education

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...

10 years ago Education

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...

Executive Director of the Council of Community Colleges of Jamaica (CCCJ), Dr. Donna Powell-Wilson (2nd left), signs the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the CCCJ and the Jamaica Theological Seminary (JTS), which will enable community colleges to offer a bachelor degree in Social Work. The signing ceremony was held on October 8, at the JTS campus on Constant Spring Road in Kingston. Looking on (from left are): Principal of the Montego Bay Community College, Dr. Angela Samuels-Harris; Academic Dean at the JTS, David Pearson; and President of the Jamaica Theological Seminary (JTS), Rev. Dr. Garnett Roper.

11 years ago Education

Community Colleges to Offer Social Work Degree Programme

Community colleges across the island will now be offering a Bachelor’s degree in Social Work under a five-year agreement between the Council of Community Colleges of Jamaica (CCCJ) and the Jamaica Theological Seminary (JTS). Representatives of the entities signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to facilitate the arrangement, during a function at the JTS’s campus on Constant Spring Road on...

Minister of Education, the Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (seated), observes as new Chancellor of the Mico University College, Dr. Roderick Karl James (2nd left), is being robed by Registrar of the institution, Sonia Dowding. The installation ceremony, held on October 6 at Mico’s Marescaux Road campus, was officiated by Chair of the Lady Mico Trustees, Rev. Rachel Benson (right).

11 years ago Education

Karl James is New Mico University Chancellor

Dr. Roderick Karl James was installed a Chancellor of The Mico University College, during a ceremony held on Tuesday, October 6, at the institution’s Marescaux Road campus. He replaces Professor the Hon. Errol Miller, who was appointed as the institution’s first Chancellor in 2009. At the ceremony attended by family, friends, members of the academic community, and well-wishers, Dr. James...

11 years ago Education

Students Rise to Aid Inner City Children

Rise to Education, a group of student volunteers from Corporate Area high schools, is on a mission to make a difference in the lives of less fortunate children through education. The group was started in 2012 by five students from the prestigious St. Andrew High School for Girls, with a mission to assist inner city students to excel in school...