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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.

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...

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.

School Security and Safety Policy Guidelines Revised

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.

Religious Community Urged to Impart Values of the Church

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.

Residents of Trelawny to Benefit from Two New Libraries

Residents of Trelawny to Benefit From Two New Libraries

Member of Parliament for North East St. Elizabeth, Mr. Raymond Pryce (centre), interacts with students of the Balaclava High School, in St. Elizabeth, during a ground breaking ceremony for eight new classrooms, on Thursday, May 14.

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MP Welcomes Project to Construct New Classrooms at Balaclava High

Member of Parliament for North East St. Elizabeth, Mr. Raymond Pryce, says he welcomes the construction of eight new classrooms at the Balaclava High School, which will lead to the institution being taken off the double shift system come September this year. Bringing greetings at the ground-breaking ceremony at the school on May 14, Mr. Pryce pointed out that the...

Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (2nd left), with (from left), Ms. Claudia Uribe, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Education Specialist in Jamaica; Member of Parliament for North East St. Elizabeth, Mr. Raymond Pryce; Principal of Balaclava High School, Mrs. Paula Miller Foster, and Chairman of the School Board, Mr. Ian Maxwell, at a ground breaking ceremony at the school in St. Elizabeth, on May 14. Eight new classrooms will be built at a cost of $40 million, to be provided through a loan from the IDB.

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The Best Gift Is A Good Education – Rev. Thwaites

Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, says the best gift that any Government can offer its people is the opportunity of a good education. “People speak of the Government at this time satisfying the IMF’s agenda and they wonder what about the people’s agenda…The best example of meeting the people’s agenda is the upliftment of education, which is what we...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (fourth right) and Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (fifth right), break ground for the construction of eight new classrooms at the Balaclava High School in St. Elizabeth, on May 14. Others (from left) are: Mayor of Black River, Councillor Everton Fisher; Chairman of the Balaclava High School Board, Mr. Ian Maxwell; Member of Parliament for North East St. Elizabeth, Mr. Raymond Pryce; the IDB’s Education Specialist in Jamaica, Ms. Claudia Uribe; Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Mrs. Elaine Foster Allen; Mrs. Sonia Clarke, widow of the late Minister of Agriculture and former member of Parliament for the area, Hon. Roger Clarke and Principal of the Balaclava High School, Mrs. Paula Miller Foster.

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Prime Minister Breaks Ground for New Classrooms at Balaclava High

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, on Thursday (May 14), broke ground for the construction of eight new classrooms at the Balaclava High School in St. Elizabeth. On completion, the school will be renamed the Roger Clarke High School, in honour of the late Minister of Agriculture and former Member of Parliament for North East St. Elizabeth. The...

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (centre), having a light conversation with the Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport of Curacao, Hon. Irene Dick (left), at the 2nd International Conference on Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in the Caribbean, at the Hilton Rose Hall Hotel and Spa, on May 13. Sharing the moment is University of the West Indies Lecturer and Programme Chairman, Dr. Carole Powell. The three-day conference which closes on May 15, is being attended by more than 300 Educators and legislators from CARICOM member nations, Canada and the United States as well as representatives of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization-Vocational Education (UNESCO-UNEVOC).

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Education Minister Emphasises Importance of TVET

Caribbean Educators and legislators have been commended for the progress made to standardise vocational education, and the impact this is having on human capital development and economic competitiveness in the region. Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, in his address at the 2nd International Conference on Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in the Caribbean, at the Hilton Rose...

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites addresses the 2nd International Conference on Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in the Caribbean, at the Hilton Rose Hall Hotel and Spa, on May 13. In his address, Minister Thwaites commended Caribbean Educators and legislators for the progress made to standardise vocational education, and the impact this is having on Human Capital Development and Economic Competitiveness in the region.

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Education Minister Emphasises Importance of TVET

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More Emphasis on Technical Vocational Education and Training

The days when Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET), was limited to only Technical High Schools and New Secondary High Schools are over. The University of the West Indies (UWI) School of Education, along with other tertiary institutions, is supporting the drive by the Ministry of Education to mainstream TVET in the general education system. The TVET policy that is...

Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Roland Thwaites, addresses a ceremony to officially open the St. John’s Infant School Library in Darliston, Westmoreland on Friday, May 8.

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Early Childhood Budget Increases

Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, says the Government continues to increase its investment in early childhood education, with the allocation to the sector increasing to 14 per cent this fiscal year. The Education Minister, who was opening a library at the St. John’s Infant School in Westmoreland on May 8, said the budgetary increase is in recognition of “how...