A building, constructed by the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing at a cost of $2.9 million was officially handed over to the Portmore Community College on Wednesday, November 5, during a ceremony held at the institution’s Portsmouth campus. The 549 square feet concrete post and panel building, will serve to boost the capacity of the St. Catherine-based institution. Minister...

Just over 290 tablet computers have been distributed to students of the Windsor School for Special Education, under the government’s pilot Tablets In Schools Programme. There are four campuses of the school and the entire population of intellectually and physically challenged students in Duncans Pen, Spanish Town; Seven-west, Greater Portmore; Commodore, Linstead; and Denbigh, Clarendon received tablets. Addressing the handing...

Education Minister, the Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, says the Ministry will consider establishing a sixth form programme at the Edith Dalton James High School in St. Andrew, once the administration is able to secure a sufficient number of students who can adequately fill this grade level. The Minister gave this undertaking in light of Principal, Ray Howell’s disclosure that students’...

Education Minister, the Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, has welcomed plans for the installation of solar energy and rainwater harvesting systems at the Edith Dalton James High School, over the next two years, which are expected to significantly reduce the institution’s utility costs. The projects, to be spearheaded by the school’s administration, include setting up a 100-Kilovolt (KV) grid solar system,...

Edith Dalton James High School in Western St. Andrew has begun to reap dividends from a major transformation programme, being carried out by the institution’s administration. The programme aims to further boost the students’ academic performance in internal and external examinations, by creating a conducive teaching-learning environment. Since its commencement in 2007, expenditure on the programme, which primarily entails infrastructural...

The Government’s adult education programme is being hailed by several beneficiaries for enabling them to excel in their chosen endeavours. Administered by the Jamaican Foundation for Lifelong Learning (JFLL), the programme offers persons who, for whatever reason, underachieved while attending high school, or did not get the opportunity to attend a secondary institution. Two of those past students benefitting significantly...

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, is urging teachers to offer their expertise to the National Parenting Support Commission (NPSC), to enhance the operations of the entity. “The Ministry of Education has identified hundreds of teachers who are not fully deployed...and we are hoping that we can encourage many of them to transfer into service with the Parenting Commission,”...