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Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (right), reads from the book, ‘A History of the Caribbean Examination Council, 1973-2013,’ the launch of the publication yesterday (December 2) at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston. Listening (from left) are: Author, Professor Patrick Bryan; Former CXC Registrar and Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Didacus Jules; Executive Director of the Jamaica Diaspora Institute, Professor Neville Ying; and former Governor-General, the Most Hon. Sir Kenneth Hall.
Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (right), reads from the book, ‘A History of the Caribbean Examination Council, 1973-2013,’ the launch of the publication yesterday (December 2) at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston. Listening (from left) are: Author, Professor Patrick Bryan; Former CXC Registrar and Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Didacus Jules; Executive Director of the Jamaica Diaspora Institute, Professor Neville Ying; and former Governor-General, the Most Hon. Sir Kenneth Hall.

CXC Records Rich History in New Book

The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) has chronicled its rich 40-year history in a book written by Historian Professor Patrick Bryan, which has been endorsed by Minister of Education, the Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites. Titled ‘A History of the Caribbean Examinations...
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (left), embraces medical student at the University of the West Indies, Mona, McKoy McNish (centre), as he presents her with a gift basket on behalf of the Child Development Agency (CDA), during the 3rd annual Educational Achievement Awards Ceremony for wards of the State, held at the Terra Nova Hotel, in Kingston, on November 28. Also sharing in the moment is Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (left), embraces medical student at the University of the West Indies, Mona, McKoy McNish (centre), as he presents her with a gift basket on behalf of the Child Development Agency (CDA), during the 3rd annual Educational Achievement Awards Ceremony for wards of the State, held at the Terra Nova Hotel, in Kingston, on November 28. Also sharing in the moment is Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna.

Wards of the State Honoured
Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (left), in conversation with Principal of the Montego Bay High School, in St. James, Mrs. Donna Marie Redway (centre) and Board Chairman, Myrtle Dwyer, during the school
Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (left), in conversation with Principal of the Montego Bay High School, in St. James, Mrs. Donna Marie Redway (centre) and Board Chairman, Myrtle Dwyer, during the school's Annual Prize Giving Ceremony, held on November 27.

Family Structure Must Be Rebuilt – Education Minister
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (left) shakes hands with Japanese Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Yasuo Takase (second right). Looking on is Principal of the Care Bear Early Childhood Development Centre, in Whitfield Town, South West St. Andrew, Cynthia Roach-Porter. Ambassador Takase presented a cheque for $11 million to Mrs. Roach-Porter, following the signing of a contract for expansion works at the school, on November 26.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (left) shakes hands with Japanese Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Yasuo Takase (second right). Looking on is Principal of the Care Bear Early Childhood Development Centre, in Whitfield Town, South West St. Andrew, Cynthia Roach-Porter. Ambassador Takase presented a cheque for $11 million to Mrs. Roach-Porter, following the signing of a contract for expansion works at the school, on November 26.

Early Childhood Centre in Whitfield Town to be Expanded
Associate Pastor at the Mandeville New Testament Church of God in Manchester, Bishop Garfield Wilson (second left), converses with students of the Bustamante High School in Clarendon, at the HEART Trust/NTA’s career fair held recently, at the St. James Methodist Church in May Pen.
Associate Pastor at the Mandeville New Testament Church of God in Manchester, Bishop Garfield Wilson (second left), converses with students of the Bustamante High School in Clarendon, at the HEART Trust/NTA’s career fair held recently, at the St. James Methodist Church in May Pen.

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Clarendon Schools to Receive $2.5 Million for Skills Training

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JLS Project Receives US$2 Million

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High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (UK), Her Excellency Aloun Ndombet Assamba, delivering the recent Merl Grove High School 90th Anniversary Karram-Speid Lecture, held at the Rehoboth Gospel Assembly, in St. Andrew.
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Students Must Be Proficient in Math, Science and Technology – High Commissioner

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Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (right), is in discussion with Principal of the Clarendon-based Thompson Town High School, Richard Morgan (left), at the official opening of the Calvin T. Walters Resource Centre at the school on Friday (Nov. 21). In the background (right) is Member of Parliament for North West Clarendon, Hon. Richard Azan.
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Resource Centre Opens at Thompson Town High School

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Spanish Ambassador and Spanish-Jamaican Foundation (SJF) President, His Excellency Anibal Abascal Jimenez (centre); presents a scholarship cheque for $1 million to Chairman of the Modern Languages Board of Studies, Teachers Colleges of Jamaica, Aracelis Anedu (2nd right), during a ceremony on Thursday (November 20), at Sam Sharpe Teachers’ College in Granville, St. James. Twenty student teachers pursuing Spanish courses at Sam Sharpe, Church and Shortwood teachers colleges, will benefit from the award. Others (from left) are: Principal of Sam Sharpe Teachers’ College, Dr. Ashburn Pinnock; Language Lecturer at the college, Malbis Aranda; and SJF Project Manager, Vanessa Meggoe.
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Student Teachers Receive Spanish Scholarships

Twenty students from three teachers colleges, who are pursuing diploma and degree courses in Spanish, have been awarded scholarships totaling $1 million by the Spanish-Jamaica Foundation (SJF). The sophomore and junior students, who were selected from the Sam Sharpe, Church and Shortwood teachers’ colleges, received their bursaries at a presentation ceremony held on November 20, at Sam Sharpe Teachers’ College...
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