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Minister of Education, the Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites.

Education Minister Says Time Lost Will Be Recovered

As the country continues to be impacted by the chikungunya virus (Chik-V) outbreak, Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, has informed that teaching time lost will be recovered on a school-specific basis. “Some schools will be able to absorb...

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev Ronald Thwaites, addresses the House of Representatives on Tuesday, October 14. The Ministry of Education will be implementing interim measures to regulate the tertiary education sector.

Minister Thwaites Announces Interim Measures to Regulate Tertiary Education

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (left), shares a light moment with Chairman of the Barita Education Foundation, Rita Humphries-Lewin (centre), and Executive Director of the HEART/NTA, Dr. Wayne Wesley. Occasion was a breakfast forum to mark the 10th anniversary of the Barita Education Foundation, held on October 14, at the Terra Nova Hotel, St. Andrew.

Education Ministry Begins Clean Schools Campaign on Wednesday

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, addresses the homecoming 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.

Education Ministry Looking to Partner with Alumni Groups

President of the Senate and Director of the University of the West Indies’ (UWI) Centre for Disability Studies, Senator Floyd Morrison (second left) has the attention of (from left) Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell; Principal of UWI, Professor Archibald McDonald; State Minister for Science, Technology, Energy and Mining Hon. Julian Robinson; and Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites. The Senator was explaining some of the functions of specialised equipment and software that have been acquired for seven special education institutions across the island, provided under a contract between e-Learning Jamaica Limited and the UWI Centre for Disability Studies. The more than 60 items were handed over for distribution to the various schools during a ceremony on October 13, at UWI’s Mona campus.

Government Procures $34 Million in Equipment and Supplies for Special Needs Schools

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Rev. Thwaites Encourages Investment in Game Design

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...

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Education Minister Calls for Partnership to Serve Special Needs Children

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 (right), views an energy project developed by Green Pond High School in St. James, during a World Teachers’ Day Forum for Innovation In Teaching (FIT), at the National Arena in St. Andrew, on October 10, under the theme: ‘Invest in the Future, Invest in Teachers’. Rev. Thwaites was guest speaker.

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Education Must Guide Jamaica’s Progress – Rev. Thwaites

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...

Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites is greeted by President of the Jamaica Independent Schools’ Association (JISA), Pastor Wesley Boynes at a special general meeting of the JISA held at the Jamaica Conference Centre in Kingston.

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Training of Teachers for Valuable Pathways Programme This Month

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...

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (2nd left), displays a Reelexo Enterprise branded bottled Cranberry water, at the launch of the Support in Public Schools (SIPS) project, where each school is assigned branded SIPS Spring Water/Cranberry Water, which gives the general public, as well as the students and the school community an opportunity to contribute financially to the particular schools when they purchase the products. The launch was held on October 9 at the Knutsford Court Hotel, in St. Andrew. Others (from left) are: President of Kingston College Parent-Teacher Association, Stewart Jacobs; Chairman of the company, Courtnay Daley, and Senator Ruel Reid.

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Schools to Benefit from SIPS Project

The initiative of Reelexo Enterprise Limited to brand its bottled water with the names of secondary schools across the island, and to share the profits with the institutions, has received the endorsement of Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites. Under the Support in Public Schools (SIPS) project, each school is assigned branded SIPS Spring Water/Cranberry water, which gives the...

Senior Education Officer at the Ministry of Education’s Region Four, Hyacinth Stern (2nd right) cuts the ribbon to officially open the St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Early Childhood Institution in Cambridge, St. James on Tuesday, October 7. Sharing in the occasion (from left) are: David Mair of Food For The Poor; Roman Catholic Bishop for St. James, Burchell McPherson; Russian Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Vladimir Polenov (centre); and Principal of the school, Sister Lucyna Ptak.

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New Basic School Opens in Cambridge, St. James

Senior Primary Education Officer at the Ministry of Education’s Region Four, Hyacinth Stern, has welcomed the addition of 30 new classroom spaces for early childhood education in Cambridge, St. James. Speaking on October 7, at the official opening of the St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Early Childhood Institution in the community, Mrs. Stern said the school represents a timely venture and...

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (right), emphasises a point as he addresses principals of teacher’s colleges and representatives of the University of the West Indies (UWI) on October 7, at the signing of a Heads of Agreement between UWI and eight teachers’ colleges, at the university’s Mona campus. Vice Chancellor of the UWI, Professor E. Nigel Harris is at left. The agreement will see UWI awarding Bachelor’s Degrees in 18 specified programmes delivered by the colleges.

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UWI to Deliver Degrees on Behalf of Teachers’ Colleges

Eight Government-funded teachers’ colleges on October 7 signed a Heads of Agreement with the University of the West Indies (UWI) authorizing that institution to award Bachelor of Education degrees (B.Ed) on their behalf. The institutions are: Shortwood Teachers College, St. Joseph’s Teachers College, Churches Teachers College, Moneague College, Bethlehem Moravian College, Sam Sharpe Teachers’ College, G.C. Foster College of Sports...