The Ministry of Education and the Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA), in partnership with a number of state and private entities, will carry out a national clean-up exercise  in 274 schools across the island during the mid-term break from October 15 to 22. Making the announcement at the Ministry’s National Heroes Circle offices in Kingston, on October 16, Education Minister, Hon....

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, is encouraging investment in the game design industry, which is valued at US$10 billion per annum. He noted that students, particularly boys, are increasingly mastering mathematical concepts, and many of them want to pursue careers in the design of computer-based games. “There is fertile ground in Jamaica for the establishment of game design...

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, says the Government is looking to partner with alumni associations in Jamaica and the Diaspora to enhance the education process. Rev. Thwaites, who was addressing the fundraising gala of the Mount Alvernia High School alumni association’s Central Florida chapter, held on October 11 at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in Rose Hall, said...

Seven special education institutions will now be better equipped to enhance the learning process of students with disabilities, through the use of newly acquired assistive technology provided by the Government of Jamaica. More than 60 pieces of specialised equipment and software, procured by e-Learning Jamaica Limited at a cost of $34 million, were handed over for distribution to the schools,...

Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, is encouraging cooperation and partnership between private and public schools, to better serve special needs children. “The public sector is not well equipped to offer those with exceptionalities. We need to combine and cooperate much more, to see how the existing institutions can comport themselves with specialised skills in order to ensure that those...

Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, says the extent to which Jamaica progresses must, in part, be guided by significant advances in academic and vocational training and development, and appropriate attitudes to work. “It is going to be by the achievements of competencies in academic subjects, in technical and vocational subjects, by having the right social attitudes, (and) by having...

The training of teachers for a programme to infuse good values and attitudes into the curriculum and culture of schools will begin later this month. Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites made the announcement on Thursday, October 9, at a special general meeting of the Jamaica Independent Schools’ Association (JISA) held at the Jamaica Conference Centre in Kingston. Minister Thwaites...