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Member of Parliament for South Western St. Elizabeth, Hugh Buchanan, makes his contribution to the State of the Constituency Debate in the House of Representatives on Tuesday, September 15.

Improved Educational Infrastructure in South Western St. Elizabeth

Residents of South Western St. Elizabeth are now benefitting from improved educational infrastructure. Member of Parliament (MP) for the area, Hugh Buchanan, informed the House on September 15 that a new classroom block has been constructed at the Crawford Primary...

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (left), is joined by public and private sector officials in perusing the 2015 National Education Inspectorate (NEI) Report, at its launch, today (September 15), at the Overseas Examinations Commission, in St. Andrew. From second left are: businessman, R. Danny Williams; Chief Inspector, Maureen Dwyer, and Director General at the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Colin Bullock.

Education Minister Says NEI Report Shows That Gaps Need To Be Filled

Education Officer for Foreign Languages, Spanish and French in the Ministry of Education, Martha Corbett-Baugh (left); and Education Specialist at the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Dr. Rebecca Tortello, show off their Spanish Order of Civil Merit (Officer Class) awards, while Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, shares the moment. Occasion was the conferral ceremony today (Sept. 15), at the residence of the Ambassador of Spain in Kingston. The citizens were recognised for their outstanding contribution to the development of the Spanish language and culture in Jamaica.

Two Honoured With Spanish Order of Civil Merit

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites addresses students. (FILE)

Teachers To Be Trained To Improve The Way Boys Learn

National Literacy Coordinator, Dr. Andre Hill, speaking at a Back-to-School press conference on September 3.

Every School To Have Literacy Coordinator

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New Infant Dept. Opens At Bull Bay All-Age

A new infant department was officially opened at the Bull Bay All-Age School in St. Thomas, today (September 15), under the Ministry of Education Early Childhood Rationalisation Programme. The programme is aimed at merging basic schools into infant departments in primary schools, in order to allow students to be exposed to trained teachers, as well as to bolster the nutrition...

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Elaine Foster Allen addressing a ceremony to launch the 2015/16 school year at the Fidel Castro Campus of the Anchovy High School in St. James on Friday (September 11).

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Teachers Hailed for Role in Country Exceeding Literacy Mastery Target

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Elaine Foster Allen, is lauding the nation’s teachers for the critical role they played in the country exceeding the target for mastery in literacy at the grade four level. The grade four cohort achieved 86.5 per cent mastery in this year’s sitting of the Grade Four Literacy Test. This represents a 1.5 per...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (3rd right) leads a group of officials in witnessing the raising of the Jamaican flag. Sharing the occasion from left are Chairman of the Anchovy High School Board, Calvin Brown, Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries and Member of Parliament for South St. James, Hon. Derrick Kellier, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Mrs. Elaine Foster Allen, Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, Cuban Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Bernardo Guanche Hernandez and Mrs. Hernandez. Mrs. Simpson Miller on Friday (September 11), officially opened the Fidel Castro Campus of the Anchovy High School located in Montpelier, St. James.

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Don’t Lock Out Students – Rev. Thwaites

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, is appealing to schools not to turn away students, who breach dress or other codes. He said they should be kept at school as a means of protecting them. “I am appealing to principals and teachers…do not raise issues that will keep children out of school. Parents must make every effort to ensure...

Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, is speaking at the launch of the 2015/16 school year at the Fidel Castro Campus of the Anchovy High School in St. James on Friday, September 11.

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Tablets in Schools Programme Will Not Be Halted – Rev. Thwaites

Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, says the Tablets in Schools programme will not be halted or curtailed, even as he welcomes the call for an audit of the pilot phase of the initiative. “Yes, we agree in the Ministry of Education and in the Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining that the Tablets in Schools programme will be...

Chairman of the Joint Board of Teacher Education, Dr. Rose Davies speaking at the launch of the United Way of Jamaica’s 30th Anniversary Early Childhood Education Legacy Programme. The event was held recently at the Courtleigh Hotel and Suites in New Kingston.

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Associate Degree in Early Childhood Education Now Underway

A pilot programme for the Associate Degree in Early Childhood Education, is currently underway in several teaching institutions across the island. The Associate Degree, introduced by the Ministry of Education in September 2014, was designed by the Joint Board of Teacher Education (JBTE) and aims to improve the competencies of instructors in delivering material to their young pupils. The programme...

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Early Childhood Sector to Mark Dudley Grant’s 100th Birthday

Students, teachers, and other stakeholders in the early childhood sector will participate in a week of activities from September 13 to 18, to mark the centennial of the birth of pioneer of early childhood development in Jamaica, Dudley Grant. Chair of the Board of Trustees, Dudley Grant Memorial Trust (DGMT), Professor the Hon. Elsa Leo-Rhynie, said the celebration is in...

Principal Director of the National College for Educational Leadership (NCEL), Dr. Maurice Smith, makes a motivational presentation to a group of Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) awardees, at a ceremony hosted by Manpower & Maintenance Services Ltd on Aug. 28 at the company’s head office in Kingston.

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NCEL Reports Improved Performance by Students

The National College of Educational Leadership (NCEL) is reporting improved student performance in nearly all schools in which it has been working with the administrators. Principal Director, Dr. Maurice Smith, in an interview with JIS News, said this results from initiatives that it has been putting in place to support the principals. He added that the principals have been making...