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Member of Parliament for North Central St. Catherine, and Minister with responsibility for Sport, Hon. Natalie Neita Headley (second right), engages in discussions regarding the proposed site for a new $5million modern bathroom facility to be built at the St. Mary’s All-Age School in Above Rocks, St. Catherine. Participating in the discussions with (from left) are: Immediate Past Principal of the school, Doreen Rowe; Acting Principal of St. Mary’s All-Age School, Melbourne Thompson; and Project Officer, Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Gerald Murray. The Minister was conducting a site visit of the school on Tuesday (February 17). Scheduled to get underway within three months, the project is being implemented by JSIF through funding by the PetroCaribe Fund.

St. Mary’s All-Age School to Benefit From Modern Sanitation Facility

Students of the St. Mary’s All-Age School in Above Rocks, St. Catherine, are set to benefit from the construction of a $5 million modern sanitation facility, which is slated to get underway within three months. Being implemented by the Jamaica...

Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (left), is assisted by a student of Bois Content Primary School in south west St. Catherine, in cutting the ribbon to formally open the newly built flush toilet facility at the school, under the Ministry’s $100 million Primary School Sanitation Project. The initiative is being jointly implemented with charity organization, Food for the Poor, and the Jamaica National (JN) Foundation. Sharing the occasion are (from 2nd left): General Manager, JN Foundation, Saffrey Brown; Chairman, Food for the Poor, Andrew Mahfood; and Member of Parliament, South West St. Catherine, Everald Warmington; along with other students of Bois Content Primary School.

Govt Undertakes $100 Million Primary School Sanitation Project

Principal of the Holland High School in Martha Brae, Trelawny, Pauline Reid, hails the achievements of the institution, which opened in 2005.

Holland High Principal Hails Improvement in Student Achievement

Chair of the Project for the Advancement of Childhood Education (PACE) Canada, Diana Burke (right), hands over cheques to Director, Sector Support Services, Early Childhood Commission (ECC), Michelle Campbell (left), at the office of the ECC in downtown Kingston, on February 12.

ECC Gets $4 Million to Assist Early Childhood Institutions

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, addresses members of the Diplomatic Corps at the Knutsford Court Hotel in St. Andrew today (February 11). Also pictured (from right), is State Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. Arnaldo Brown; and Inter-Secretary, Bilateral and Regional Affairs, Foreign Affairs Ministry, Ambassador Joy Wheeler. The session was held as part of activities to mark the 17th annual staging of Diplomatic Week.

Rev. Thwaites Hails International Community for Supporting Education

First year Engineering Student at the University of Technology (UTech), Paul Walker (right), accepts a cheque for US$2,000 from Manager of Syntergy Company, Everett Pastureau (left), on behalf of the Rotary Club of Montego Bay East. The money is the first payment in a three-year scholarship programme for similar amounts, which has been awarded to Mr. Walker by the Rotary Club of Montego Bay East. The money was raised through the club’s annual bike-a-thon.

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Education The Focus of Rotary Club of Montego Bay East

Nineteen years ago, a group of friends who happened to be members of the Rotary Club of Montego Bay East, in St. James, began to ride bicycles around the city of Montego Bay, first of all for fun and then for fitness. The practice has blossomed into one of the major fund raising events in western Jamaica, from which millions...

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Education Ministry to Support Mock Exam for Literacy and Numeracy

The Ministry of Education says a decision has been taken to provide support for the administration of a mock examination for the 2015 Literacy and Numeracy Grade Four tests. Mock examination papers are currently being prepared and will be distributed to schools to facilitate the administration of the examinations on February 23 and 24. The sitting of the 2015 Grade...

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (foreground), conversing with students from the Kingston based Central Branch All Age School, at the launch of Jamaica Day 2015, held at the Portmore HEART Academy, in St. Catherine, on February 5.

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Jamaica Day to be Celebrated on February 27

Come Friday, February 27, schools from across the island will once again celebrate Jamaica Day, with children being encouraged to draw inspiration from persons who have led in the country’s progress. The day will be celebrated under the theme: ‘Celebrating Jamaica: Celebrating Regional Friendships From Boukman To Bolivar’. While the national observance will take place at the Norman Manley High...

Minister of Education, Rev. Hon. Ronald Thwaites (right) and Senior Advisor to the Minister, Radley Reid observe as Immaculate Conception High School student, Samara Dewers, performs a physics experiment. Occasion was an open day at the institution’s premises in St. Andrew today (Feb. 4).

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SLB Does Not Discriminate – Minister Thwaites

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, says the Students’ Loan Bureau’s (SLB) selection process does not exclude any category of students from acquiring loans. He noted that more students pursuing studies in science, technology engineering and mathematics (STEM), are encouraged to apply for tertiary loans, in keeping with the national focus on science and technology. “It is not true...

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Residents Equipped to Make Positive Change

Nine residents from inner-city Montego Bay have been equipped to make positive changes in their respective communities through training received in film and video production. The residents are the first cohort of graduates from western Jamaica in the University of the West Indies (UWI) Community Film Project. The graduation ceremony was held at the UWI Western Jamaica Campus on Thursday,...

Minister of Education Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (left) is assisted by Principal, Aabuthnott Gallimore High School, Mrs. Eloise Panton
(right) to cut the ribbon to officially open the six new classrooms constructed by the Ministry of Education at a cost of $24 million. This was during a ceremony held at the Aabuthnott Gallimore High School on Friday, January 30. Looking on are (from second left) Member of Parliament for South West St. Ann, Keith Walford, students from Aabuthnott Gallimore High School and Chairman of the Board of Management, Pastor Omar Oliphant (second right).

11 years ago Education

Six New Classrooms for Aabuthnott Gallimore High

Six new classrooms constructed at a cost of $24 million, were handed over to the Aabuthnott Gallimore High School in St. Ann during a ceremony held at the institution on Friday, January 31. The classrooms which are able to accommodate 300 students were handed over by Minister of Education Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites. Construction was undertaken as part of the...

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CASE to Commemorate 105th Anniversary

The College of Agriculture, Science and Education (CASE) Alumni Association will commemorate the 105th anniversary of the founding of the Government Farm School in 1910, on January 30 and 31. In an interview with JIS News, President of the CASE Alumni Association,Webster McPherson, said Founders’ Day is used to sensitize the students about the journey the school has made and...