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Students at the Kitson Town All Age School, in St. Catherine, perform a cultural item at the institution’s 2013 Heritage celebration, which was also used to install its new student leaders.

Kitson Town All Age Receives Much-Needed Intervention

The Ministry of Education is lauding the move by past students of Kitson Town All Age School, to rally around the institution in the administration’s efforts to improve students’ performance and development. More than 30 past students have come together...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, and Member of Parliament for South East St. Andrew, Hon. Julian Robinson in discussion with representatives of DFL Distributors, Kareem Downer (left) and Megan Meikle during a handing over ceremony at the Excelsior High School premises in Kingston on Friday (Nov. 14). DFL Distributors donated five cases of bleach to the institution.

Students Urged to Keep Their Schools Clean to Protect Against Diseases

Minister of Transport, Works and Housing, Dr. the Hon. Omar Davies (left), presents Carlene McKinson with her degree in logistics and supply chain management, at the Caribbean Maritime Institute’s 33rd annual graduation ceremony, held at the Jamaica Conference Centre, on November 13.

180 Students Graduate From CMI

Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites speaking at the ground breaking ceremony for a multi-million dollar auditorium at the Brown’s Town High School, in St. Ann, on November 13. The Minister encouraged the students at the institution to make the best use of their school life because there might not be a second chance.

Students Urged to Make Use of School Life

Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (left) and Principal of the Brown’s Town High School, in St. Ann, Johnallson Feraria (centre), break ground for the construction of a multi-million dollar auditorium at the school on November 13. Construction is expected to start shortly and should be ready for use at the school’s 2014/15 school leaving ceremony in June. At right is the school Board’s Vice Chairman and former Chief Education Officer, Jasper Lawrence.

Ground Broken for Auditorium at Brown’s Town High School

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UTECH and American Lab Partner on Medical Marijuana Research

The University of Technology (UTech) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a California-based medical cannabis laboratory to explore mutual opportunities for research and development of medical marijuana. The agreement was inked by Acting President, UTech, Ambassador Burchell Whiteman and Chief Scientist, Steep Hill Labs Incorporated, Dr. Donald Land, at a special ceremony held this morning (Nov.14), at the...

11 years ago Education

HEART North East Region Boasts 100 Percent Job Placement for 2013/14

The HEART Trust/NTA North East Region is boasting a record 100 percent success rate in its trainee placement programme for the 2013/14 academic year. Regional Director for Employment and Career Services, Althea Smikle-Martin, said that the 800 trainees for the period were all successfully placed in permanent employment solutions shortly after graduation. Ms Smikle-Martin was delivering her report at the...

11 years ago Education

Ministry Seeks to Redeploy Qualified Teachers into Early Childhood Sector

As the Government works to improve the educational outcomes of students at the early childhood level, the Ministry of Education is seeking to redeploy appropriately qualified teachers into the sector. This was disclosed by Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, who noted that approximately 30 per cent of all early childhood teachers have formal training. “We find that many...

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Culture, Health, Arts, Sports, Education (CHASE) Fund, William Heaven (right), and Chief Executive Officer of the Jamaica Tertiary Education Commission, Maxine Henry-Wilson (2nd left), are in discussion with (from left): Chairman of the Fund’s Education Committee, Dr. Rose Davies; graduate of the Shortwood Teachers’ College, Marjanice Atkinson; and Executive Director of the Early Childhood Commission Dr. Joan Reid. Occasion was Tuesday’s (Nov.11) signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with six teachers’ colleges, for the provision of scholarships in early childhood education, at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, New Kingston.

11 years ago Education

CHASE Signs MOU for Training of Early Childhood Teachers

The Culture, Health, Arts, Sports, Education (CHASE) Fund has formalised its funding arrangement with six teacher-training institutions for the provision of scholarships in early childhood education, at the undergraduate and post-graduate levels. Under the initiative, CHASE has to date awarded 3,383 scholarships valued at over $284 million at the undergraduate level, and in 2014/15, has committed $60 million for teacher...

Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC), Acting Pro Registrar, Dr. Carol Granston (left), observes as executives of the British firm, MacMillan Publishers Limited, Dan Wilson (2nd left), and Kate Heald (centre), explain features of the new CXC Online Book Store to students attending the facility’s launch at Jamaica College in St. Andrew, Friday’s (November 7). The students participating in the interactive session were: Shaundi Faulkner (3rd left); Tahrea Griffiths (3rd right); and Lamando Shepherd (right) of Jamaica College; and Amoy Gourzong (2nd right) from Gaynstead High School.

12 years ago Education

CXC Launches Online Bookstore

The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) has launched its online bookstore, which now provides persons in Jamaica and the Caribbean, preparing for external examinations, with Internet access to a wide range of academic resource material. The facility, which was launched at Jamaica College in St. Andrew on Friday, November 7, provides access to subject syllabuses and reports, specimen papers, and mark...

12 years ago Education

Portmore Community College Gets New Building

A building, constructed by the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing at a cost of $2.9 million was officially handed over to the Portmore Community College on Wednesday, November 5, during a ceremony held at the institution’s Portsmouth campus. The 549 square feet concrete post and panel building, will serve to boost the capacity of the St. Catherine-based institution. Minister...

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (right), arrives for the official launch of the JLS: ‘Using Technology to Empower Individuals and Communities for Development’ project, at the Kingston & St. Andrew Parish Library on November 6. Accompanying the Minister are: Director General, Jamaica Library Service (JLS), Karen Barton and Chairman of the Jamaica Library Board, Paul Lalor.

12 years ago Education

JLS Urged to Expand Provision of Information

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, has challenged the Jamaica Library Service (JLS) to be a facilitator of information to various sectors of society, in order to enhance knowledge, technology and development. “The library, through technology, must be an adjunct and a help to what goes on in the school system. The library has to become the centre where...