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Mrs. Etheline Aiken is being escorted to her seat by a member of the Jamaica Constabulary Force after receiving the Prime Minister’s Medal of Appreciation for Service to Education during a ceremony on the Lawns of Jamaica House on June 12.

Retired Educator Says Passion Key

At 83 years old, retired educator Etheline May serves as a model of excellence for today’s generation of teachers. This outstanding Jamaican, who has given 48 years of noble service to teaching, contributing to the development of thousands of Jamaicans,...

Director of Social Security in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Denzil Thorpe, speaking at a Social Protection and Child Labour Strategy Meeting, held in recognition of World Day Against Child Labour on June 12. Mr. Thorpe says the Programme of Advancement through Health and Education (PATH) plays an essential role in reducing child labour across the island.

PATH Helping to Reduce Child Labor

Director of Safety and Security in Schools at the Ministry of Education, Sergeant Coolridge Minto, presents fifth grade student of the Chetwood Primary School in Montego Bay, Shannai McDowell, with a cheque for $20,000 towards her education. The presentation was made at the Montego Co-operative Credit Union’s School Academic Championship Quiz award ceremony held on Thursday (June 26), at the Western Jamaica Campus of the University of the West Indies in Montego Bay.

Students urged to STAND up against Immorality

Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, addresses the Schoolfield Primary School graduation ceremony in St. Elizabeth on June 25. The Minister underscored the importance of parents’ involvement in their children’s education.

Parents Urged to Prioritise their Children’s Education

Special Projects Officer at the Jamaica Information Service (JIS), Christine Ade-Gold, assists six year-old student of St. John’s Primary School, Zakiya Wilson to read one of the publications that were being distributed during Kitson Town All Age School’s Career Day on Friday, June 13. The event was held under the theme, “Preparing our Students for the 21st Century.”

Kitson Town All Age Forging Partnerships for Development

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Government Pressing Ahead With Additional Classrooms

Education Minister, Rev. Hon. Ronald Thwaites says the Government will continue to invest in education through the addition of classrooms, and the construction of new schools, where necessary. To this end, plans are in place for the addition of classroom spaces to 42 schools across the island in time for the start of the new academic year in September. Speaking...

Education Minister Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites makes a point during an interview with JIS News in St. James recently. The Minister said Private secondary schools still have a role to play in Jamaica’s education system.

12 years ago Education

Private Schools a Vibrant Part of Education System – Minister Thwaites

Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites says private schools remain a vibrant part of the education system, despite the Government’s decision not to this year place any of the students who sat the Grade Six Achievement Test, (GSAT) at these institutions. He says the Government will realise some $15 million in savings based partially on this decision. The funds will...

Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, emphasizes a point as he addresses the issue of parents forging partnerships with schools. The Minister was speaking at the launch of Anchovy High School Campus 2, in Montpelier, St. James, recently.

12 years ago Education

Education Minister Says Parents Must Begin Playing Greater Roles

There is an urgent need for parents to begin playing a greater role in the lives of their children, especially during their primary and high school years, states Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites. He called on administrators of schools across the island to move decisively to establish a written contract between parents and the institutions, for both parties...

Governor-General, His Excellency, the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen (2nd left), is shown a model plan of the Sydney Pagon Agricultural High School’s campus in Elim, St. Elizabeth, by Grade Nine student Reyanardo Joseph (right), during a visit for the institution’s recent Open Day exhibition. Accompanying the Governor-General are: Custos Rotulorum for St Elizabeth, Hon. Beryl Rochester (left); Principal, Blansford Henry (centre); and Head of the St Elizabeth Police Division, Superintendent Lansford Salmon.

12 years ago Education

Revised Curriculum for Sydney Pagon High School

The curriculum at Sydney Pagon Agricultural High School in St. Elizabeth is being revised to incorporate the delivery of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) programmes. The transition at the parish’s sole agricultural high school to a more STEM-oriented focus, the first such undertaking at the secondary level, is slated to take effect at the start of the 2014/15 academic...

Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (3rd left), interfaces with Grade 10 students of Anchovy High School in St. James, from left: Anesia Eldermire, Kijori Harris, Keneisha Harvey, Dacia Vincent and Crystal Smith, following Friday’s (June 20) groundbreaking ceremony at Montpelier, St. James, where the institution’s second campus will be established. Rev. Thwaites delivered the keynote address.

12 years ago Education

$120 Million Second Campus for Anchovy High

The Government will be spending $120 million to transform the facility in Montpelier, St. James, where Haitian refugees were housed, into a second campus for Anchovy High School. Education Minister, Rev. Hon. Ronald Thwaites in addressing a ceremony at the Montpelier site where the announcement was made on Friday, June 20, said the upgrading work is to be completed in...

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Education Minister Wants Mandatory Inclusion of Schools in Housing Developments

Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, wants a policy instituted that will make the provision of schools, and health and security facilities, requirements for all housing developments undertaken. To this end, the Minister says he will be lobbying Parliament’s and relevant state agencies’ support to develop such a policy. “Housing developments are always welcomed. However I am asking for the...

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (second left), looks on as Managing Director of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Scarlette Gillings (right), and Head of the European Union (EU) Delegation in Jamaica, Ambassador Paola Amadei (fourth left), unveil a plaque at the official opening of the Parade Gardens Community Centre, in Down Town Kingston, on June 18. Others (from left) are: Director of Crime Prevention and Community Safety, in the Ministry of National Security, Courtney Brown; and President of the Parade Gardens Community Development Council, Sandra Buchanan.

12 years ago Education

New Community Centre for Parade Gardens and Environs

Parade Gardens and the surrounding areas in downtown Kingston, now have a community centre, constructed at a cost of $39 million by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), with inputs from the community, and the Citizen Security and Justice Programme (CSJP). Speaking at the official handing over ceremony on Wednesday, June 18, Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, who...