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Senior Advisor to the Minister of Education, Dr. Franklin Johnston, addresses the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)/Junior Achievement Jamaica (JAJ) Empowering Jamaica’s Youth Project closing ceremony, held on September 29 at the Terra Nova Hotel in Kingston. The JAJ is dedicated to educating and preparing students, aged 5 to 24, to develop skills which should allow them to achieve future economic success and become globally competitive through the lessons in work readiness and entrepreneurship.

JAJ Programmes for Primary and Secondary Schools

The Ministry of Education will be including two of the Junior Achievement Jamaica (JAJ) programmes in the primary and secondary schools curricula, to encourage entrepreneurship among the nation’s youth. This was revealed at the United States Agency for International Development...

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, displays a copy of one of the revised Safety and Security manuals, which were launched at a ceremony at the Ministry’s head office on Tuesday, September 29. The manuals will be distributed to all schools over the course of the week. The Ministry will also be distributing 135 metal detectors to secondary schools this week.

Education Ministry Hands Over Metal Detectors to Schools

Organisation for Strategic Development in Jamaica representative, Ms. Pathellia Richards (fourth left), hands Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (second right), a flute, at the launch of the Music in Schools Programme and handing over of instruments, at the Alpha Institute, South Camp Road, in Kingston, on September 29. Sharing the occasion are (from left): Chief Education Officer in the Education Ministry, Dr. Grace McClean; Assistant Chief Educator in the Ministry’s Core-Curriculum Unit, Dr. Clover Hamilton Flowers; Senior Education Officer in the Performing Arts Section of the Ministry, Marlon Williams; Principal of Denbigh High School, Mrs. Kasan Troupe and Principal of Papine High School, Mr. Leighton Christie.

Schools Receive Musical Instruments

Dental students Caithlyn Williams (2nd left), and Hannif Spence, sign for the instruments they will use to treat patients at the dental clinic housed at the University of Technology’s (UTech) College of Oral Health Sciences. The college, located at Arthur Wint Drive in Kingston, will graduate its first batch of 23 dental surgeons in November.

Pioneering Dental Students Graduate in November

President of the Youth-for-Development Network (YFDN), Andre Wilson (left), makes a presentation to Social Development Manager, Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Mona Sue-Ho, during the A Ganar Alliance programme’s recent graduation ceremony at the Pegasus Hotel, New Kingston.

A Ganar Alliance – Tailoring Assistance for Unattached Youth

Mickayla Rhule of Future Leaders Care and Learning Centre (centre), performs with her peers for those in attendance at the Early Childhood Commission’s back-to-school fair, held at Emancipation Park in New Kingston, on August 21. (FILE)

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Outbreak of Hand, Foot and Mouth Rash in Schools

The Ministry of Education has received reports of an outbreak of Hand, Foot and Mouth Rash among school aged children in several schools. The Ministry of Health has responded to these reports and School Administrators are directed to adhere to the guidelines for the management of this virus in educational institutions. Please find the instructions outlined below: Hand, Foot,...

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Adequate Furniture in Place at Clan Carty High

The Ministry of Education has confirmed that adequate furniture is in place at Clan Carty High School in St Andrew to accommodate ALL students. This follows the delivery on the weekend of 120 desks and chairs ordered by the school's management in addition to supplies provided through the Ministry of Education. As a result, there is no longer any need...

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Ministry of Education to Expand Behaviour Intervention Programme in Schools

An additional 1,800 administrators and teachers from 25 schools islandwide will be selected to participate in the Positive Behavioural Intervention and Support (PBIS) programme, being implemented by the Ministry of Education during the 2015/16 academic year. They will represent the second cohort, following the initial 1,400 participants chosen from 22 institutions for the programme, which was first implemented during 2014/15,...

Grade Six student at Rousseau Primary School in Kingston, 11-year-old Te-John Bailey (left), who is the first beneficiary of the Hands Across Jamaica for Righteousness Programme’s Sponsor a Child initiative, speaks during the launch at King’s House, on Friday, September 25 at Kings’ House. Listening keenly is Executive Chairman of Hands Across Jamaica for Righteousness, Evangelist Errol Rattray.

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Educational Support Programme Launched For Inner-City Children

Twenty-eight primary and secondary school students from inner-city communities across Kingston and St. Andrew will receive educational funding support under the Hands across Jamaica for Righteousness Initiative, beginning January 2016. The provisions are being made under the 20 year old non-profit Programme’s Sponsor a Child project, which, initially, targets the 28 youngsters, deemed less fortunate, who will be shortlisted from...

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Bridgeport Infant School Closed

The Ministry of Education is advising parents and guardians that the Bridgeport Infant School will be closed tomorrow (Monday) on the advice of the Ministry of Health. Parents are being asked to keep their children at home and not to send them to nurseries and day care centres. The closure of the Bridgeport Infant School is to allow for sanitisation...

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Education Ministry Improving Math Training in Teachers Colleges

The Ministry of Education has, over the past two years, strengthened its relationship with teacher training institutions in an effort to improve the quality of Mathematics teachers entering the education system. National Numeracy Coordinator, Dr. Tamika Benjamin, said as part of the implementation of the Mathematics Policy, under the National Mathematics Programme, a subcommittee was formed to focus on issues...

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Jamaicans Who Study Abroad Lauded For Contributions

Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, has lauded the contributions made to advance the country’s education sector by Jamaicans benefitting from tertiary training overseas, particularly in Canada. Notable among these persons, he says, are late businessman and philanthropist, G. Raymond Chang; and National Commercial Bank (NCB) Chairman, Michael Lee-Chin. Mr. Chang attended the University of Toronto, where he qualified as...