Residents of Silent Hill, Clarendon, are welcoming renovation of the district’s basic school and community centre, at a combined cost of $37.9 million. A total of 66 students and three teachers will benefit from the newly refurbished facilities at the Walders Run Early Childhood Institution, while the renovated Silent Hill Multi-Purpose Sports Complex will serve residents from more than five...

Plans are well advanced for the opening of the re-branded Hopewell Centre of Excellence in Technical and Vocational Studies, formerly the Hopewell High School, in Hanover, for the new academic year, which begins on Monday, September 1. Chief Education Officer in the Ministry of Education, Dr. Grace McLean, told JIS News that the re-branding process is far advanced and although...

Teachers will no longer have to take extended leave to obtain university qualification, as effective September, the University of the West Indies (UWI) Affiliated Programmes will be extended to all teachers’ colleges. “From September, all of our teachers’ college degrees are going to have the quality…and they are going to be articulated…connected and a teachers’ college degree …will become a...

The Ministry of Education is inviting teachers of mathematics to come forward to be trained as specialists in the subject. Portfolio Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, says at least 200 specialists are needed to address needs at the primary and secondary levels. The Minister, who was speaking at the official launch of the national mathematics programme called ‘Math Counts’ at...

With the 2014/15 academic year less than two weeks away, the Ministry of Education is implementing a number of new initiatives geared at improving the learning experience for vulnerable students. The initiatives, which were announced by Portfolio Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, during his contribution to the 2014/15 Sectoral Debate in Parliament earlier this year, include the introduction of auxiliary...

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites has congratulated teachers, principals, and other players for the “tremendous efforts” being made to ensure the development and transformation of the education sector. Addressing a large group of educators from across the island during the official opening ceremony of the Jamaica Teachers’ Association’s 50th Anniversary Conference at the Hilton Rose Hall Resort and...

Hundreds of young people from across the island today (August 21) participated in a historic summit, organised by the Child Development Agency (CDA), to allow them to discuss and make recommendations on improving the lives of children in Jamaica. These will be presented to Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna, who also participated in the forum, held at...