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Minister of Education, Rev. Hon. Ronald Thwaites, addresses Junior Achievement Jamaica’s (JAJ) third annual Champions for Youth awards banquet, held on May 27, at the Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston.

Education Minister Hails Junior Achievement Jamaica

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, has hailed the work of Junior Achievement Jamaica (JAJ) in preparing the country’s youth for the global job market. He said the programme continues to implement age-appropriate, practical programmes to strengthen the capacity...

Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, uses a computer in the mobile computer lab, which will benefit eight primary and infant schools. The unit dubbed: ‘Tech De Bus II’ was officially launched on May 21, at the Ministry in Kingston.

Eight Primary and Infant Schools to Benefit from Mobile Computer Lab

Principal, St. Anne’s Career Advancement Programme, Nahema Daniels, shows off items created by woodwork students to Director of Security and Safety, Ministry of Education, Sergeant Coleridge Minto, during the 2nd staging of the institution’s Career Day on Thursday (May 21), at the school’s premises at 12 Percy Street, West Kingston.

St. Anne’s CAP Students Show Off Skills at Career Day

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, encourages students of Barrett Town All-age School in St. James, when he visited the school recently. With the Minister on the platform is Grade 6 student, Jaheel Sanford.

Education Minister Urges School Community to Stay Focused

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

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Education Ministry Instructs Principals Not to Lock Out Students

The Ministry of Education is instructing Chairmen of School Boards, principals and other school administrators to desist from locking students outside of schools as punishment for lateness and breaches to school uniform. In a bulletin issued today (May 21), the Ministry says it has received a number of complaints from parents and other stakeholders that school administrators are consistently locking...

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Parents Urged to Help Prepare Students for Literacy and Numeracy Test

Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, is encouraging parents to provide support to teachers in preparing students for the upcoming Grade Four Literacy and Numeracy Test to be held on June 30. He said parents can assist “by reading to students and having them read back to you.” Rev. Thwaites was speaking at the St. Michael’s Infant and Primary School’s...

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.

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School Security and Safety Policy Guidelines Revised

Revision of the Education Ministry’s School Security and Safety Policy Guidelines has been completed and the document is expected to be ready for distribution by the start of the new academic year in September 2015. Director of Safety and Security in Schools at the Ministry, Sergeant Coolridge Minto, told JIS News that all policies pertaining to safety and security in...

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.

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Religious Community Urged to Impart Values of the Church

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, has invited the religious community to impart the values of the church to arrest the perverted attitudes among the youth population. The Minister said the importance of applying the sanctuary to the society is paramount, as a counter culture exists in many aspects of entertainment, and “habits of perverse values and attitudes create...

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.

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Residents of Trelawny to Benefit from Two New Libraries

Residents of two towns in the parish of Trelawny are now enjoying new library facilities valued at $26.8 million from funds acquired under the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries’, Sugar Transformation Programme (STP). The Falmouth Infant School Library ($8.8 million) and the Clarks Town Branch Library ($18 million) were officially opened by Portfolio Minister Hon. Derrick Kellier and Minister of...

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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.

11 years ago Education

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...