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Ground Broken for Auditorium at Wolmer’s Boys’ School

Ground was broken at Wolmer’s Boys’ School, in Kingston, on September 5, to commence construction of a new $170 million auditorium. The new building, which is slated for completion in April 2015, will replace the previous structure, which served the...

Students of the Marlie Mount Primary and Infant school in St. Catherine participate in a reading exercise, recently.

National Literacy Coordinator Confident of Achieving Target

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (centre), and Executive Director of the HEART Trust/NTA, Dr. Wayne Wesley (left), converse with auto-mechanics (from left): Sykana Stennett; Jason Bernard; and Angadeika Tooke. Occasion was the launch of the Jamaica Urban Transit Company’s (JUTC)/HEART Trust/NTA Heavy Duty Vehicle Repair Training Programme on September 4, at the bus company’s Lyndhurst Road depot in Kingston.

Jamaica to Establish First Class Heavy Duty Vehicle Repair and Training Facility

Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Sharon Ffolkes (seated left), looks on as Executive Director, HEART Trust/NTA, Dr. Wayne Wesley (seated centre) and 2nd Vice President, Jamaica Employers’ Federation (JEF), Raymond Eytle (seated right), sign a Memorandum of Understanding at the JEF’s headquarters in Kingston, on September 5. Others (standing from left) are: Senior Director, Workforce Development and Employment at HEART Trust/NTA, Denworth Finnikin; Chief Executive Officer, JEF, Brenda Cuthbert; and Senior Manager, Learning, HRD and Workplace Solutions, Yvonne Davis. The signing signals the renewal of a partnership between the HEART Trust/NTA and the JEF, which will, among other things, develop programmes to benefit the Jamaican workforce.

HEART TRUST/NTA Partners with JEF

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (at podium), delivers the keynote address at the Kiwanis Club of Kingston’s Club’s 50th anniversary meeting, held on Tuesday, September 2, at the New Kingston Conference Centre. Seated at the head table is President of the Kiwanis Club of Kingston, Charles Simms. Second year Business Administration student at the University of Technology, Joelle Blake, was presented with the first Carlton Levy Memorial Scholarship, at the special meeting.

Need For Greater Balance Between Skills And Academics – Education Minister

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Literacy in the Spotlight on September 8

The United Nations (UN) International Literacy Day will be observed on Monday, September 8, under the theme: ‘Literacy and Sustainable Development’. According to a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) report, “literacy is one of the key elements needed to promote sustainable development, as it empowers people, so that they can make the right decisions in the areas...

Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (left), greets students of Kingston Technical High School during his visit to the institution on Monday (September 1) to observe activities on the first day of the 2014/15 academic year.

12 years ago Education

Education Minister Satisfied With Start of New School Year

Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, is expressing satisfaction with the level of preparedness of schools for Monday’s (September 1) start of the 2014/15 academic year. Reports from the Ministry indicate that there was a relatively smooth start to the new school year without any major challenges. Speaking with JIS News after visiting nine infant, primary, junior high, and secondary...

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97 per cent of Grade Seven Cohort placed in High School

Minister of Education, Rev. Hon. Ronald Thwaites, has informed that 97 per cent of the island’s grade seven cohort have been placed in high schools this year. Minister Thwaites, who was addressing the official opening of Jamaica College’s (JC) state-of-the-art museum on Thursday (August 28), said that there is a place in school for every child from early childhood to...

12 years ago Education

Scholarship Awardees Grateful

Courts Jamaica’s scholarship award recipients are expressing gratitude for the assistance, noting that it will ease the financial burden on their parents. Fifty-five students, who will be attending secondary and tertiary institutions in September, have been awarded scholarships by the furniture store chain valued at more than $6 million. They were chosen after a competitive selection process, which involved some...

Director of Production at the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Enthrose Campbell (right) presents a school bag to one of the boys at the Mount Olivet Boys’ Home in Walderston, Manchester last Saturday August 23, 2014 during the Back to School and Work Day visit to the Home. Assistant Director of the Home, Dionne Harriott (centre) looks on. The companies from corporate Jamaica that donated towards the cause were the YB Afraid Foundation/Joseph’s, Sammy’s Shoe Store, Lasco Foods, Fontana Pharmacy, Kingston Bookshop, Ping’s Distributors, Grace Foods, Trade Winds, Edge Chem and Caribbean Broilers.

12 years ago Education

Mount Olivet Boys Decked Out for Back-to-School

When the young men at the Mount Olivet Boys’ Home in Manchester return to school this week, they will have numerous memories to share and new school supplies to show off to their friends, after a fun-filled back-to-school/work day visit from their Jamaica Information Service (JIS) family. The work day on August 23 is one of three visits [per year]...

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (left) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Culture, Health, Arts, Education and Sports (CHASE) Fund, W. Billy Heaven (right), listen as Principal, Jamaica College (JC), Senator Ruel Reid, explains the concept behind the recent establishment of a museum at the institution, during the opening ceremony, at 189 Old Hope Road in St. Andrew.

12 years ago Education

Preserving rich history of Jamaica College

To continue preserving the rich history of Jamaica College (JC), one of the island’s oldest secondary schools, a museum has been established on the grounds of the institution. Located at 189 Old Hope Road in St. Andrew, the museum, set up at an estimated cost of $6 million, boasts scores of poster boards, which chronicle the history of the school,...

12 years ago Education

School Feeding Programme Expanded to Cover Vulnerable Students

In the new school year about 200,000 students in the early childhood age group will receive breakfast and lunch free or at subsidised price under government’s revamped school feeding programme. Education Minister Ronald Thwaites, who made the disclosure during a national back-to-school broadcast on Sunday, August 31, 2014, noted that adequate nutrition was critical to the learning and development of...