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Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (2nd left), is greeted by students at the Red Hills Primary School in St. Andrew, at the official opening of the institution on February 26. Looking on in background is Member of Parliament for West Rural St. Andrew, Paul Buchanan. (FILE)

$615 Million for Infrastructural Works at Schools

The Government is to spend $615 million this fiscal year to undertake various infrastructural works at several educational institutions across the island. The funds have been provided in the 2014/15 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. Of...

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (centre), observes while students from the Westmoreland-based Culloden Early Childhood Institution use learning tools, at the launch of Project Sprout, an early childhood improvement initiative being spearheaded by the Sandals Foundation, at the Eden Gardens Wellness Resort and Spa, in Kingston, on March 18.

$231 Million to Expand Classroom Blocks

Initiative Launched to Advance Early Childhood Education

Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill (5th left), turns on a pipe of the rainwater harvesting system, which was commissioned on March 28 at the Aabuthnott Gallimore High School, in St. Ann. Also sharing in the occasion are (from fourth left): Managing Director, Water Resources Authority, Bazil Fernandez; Chairman of the School Board, Bishop Omar Oliphant; Minister of Education, Hon. the Rev. Ronald Thwaites; Principal of the school, Geoffrey Sharpe; Member of Parliament, Keith Walford; and teachers at the school.

More Water for High School in St. Ann

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (left), assisted by Chairman of the Spanish Town based G.C. Foster College of Physical Education and Sport, Rosa Joseph (centre), and Principal of the College, Edward Shakes (right), cuts the ribbon to officially open the upgraded gymnasium at the college, in St. Catherine, on March 27. The work was done at a cost of $14 million.

G.C. Foster College Could Become a Sport University

12 years ago Budget 2014/2015Education

$177 Million to Complete UTECH Hospitality School

An allocation of $177 million has been made in this year’s budget to complete the University of Technology’s (UTech) School of Hospitality and Tourism Management (SHTM). Now 85 per cent complete, work on the facility is among the various infrastructural improvements taking place at the university as part of the UTech Enhancement Project. Being funded by the Caribbean Development Bank...

12 years ago Education

Renewed Focus by HEART/NTA on Regional Vocational Training

Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, says there is renewed focus by HEART Trust/NTA to provide vocational training for persons in other Caribbean countries and beyond, as it does for Jamaicans. He underscored this point while addressing a reception hosted by the Education Ministry at the Cardiff Hotel and Spa, Runaway Bay, St. Ann, on April 3, for representatives attending...

12 years ago Education

Education Ministry Improving Numeracy Among Boys

The Ministry of Education is implementing strategies aimed at improving the performance of boys in numeracy, and enabling them to be more focused on Mathematics. Chief Education Officer in the Ministry of Education, Dr. Grace McLean, told JIS News on Thursday, April 3, during the John Rollin’s Success Primary Schools Math Olympics 2014 in Rose Hall, St. James, that a...

12 years ago Education

Renewed Focus by HEART/NTA on Regional Vocational Training

12 years ago Education

School Chairpersons and Board Members Honoured

The Ministry of Education’s Region Six office recently honoured 25 Chairpersons and Members of Boards of government high schools in St. Catherine and Clarendon, for dedicated, exemplary and outstanding service to those institutions. At a special appreciation ceremony at the Bridge Palm Hotel, Toll Gate, in Clarendon, they were recognized for between three and 43 years of service to 21...

12 years ago Education

Hospitality Students Urged to Adopt Right Attitude for Industry

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites is encouraging students who wish to enter the field of hospitality and tourism to adopt the kind of positive attitude, which will encourage visitors to return to the country. Minister Thwaites, who was addressing the opening ceremony for the School of Hospitality and Tourism Management (SHTM) Research and Exhibition Day at the University...

Ambassador of Japan to Jamaica, His Excellency Yasuo Takase (front row right) presents Executive Director of the HEART Trust/NTA, Wayne Wesley with a cheque for $10 million to carry out renovation works at the Crooked River Skills Training Centre in Clarendon. The cheque was presented during a ceremony at the Embassy of Japan offices in Kingston on Thursday, March 27. Others sharing in the moment (from background left) are: Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Finance and Planning, Hon. Horace Dalley; Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites; and Chairman, Crooked River Community Development Committee, Dalton Ricketts. The money was provided by the Government of Japan through its Grant Assistance for Grassroots and Human Security Project.

12 years ago Education

Japan Funds Renovation of Clarendon Skills Training Centre

Just over $10 million will be spent by the Government of Japan to renovate the Crooked River Skills Training Centre in Northern Clarendon, in a bid to revive training opportunities for residents of that community and surrounding areas. The funding was presented by the Embassy of Japan, through its Grant Assistance for Grassroots and Human Security Projects, at a contract...