Thirty-eight high school dropouts are now equipped to enter the workforce having received skills training and certification from the HEART Trust/NTA. The beneficiaries are from six Citizens Security and Justice Programme (CSJP) communities in St. Catherine. They participated in a six-month programme at the Innswood Pre-College Skills Training Institution, where they received certification in General Construction (Levels 1 and 2)...

Director of Social Security in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Denzil Thorpe, says the Programme of Advancement through Health and Education (PATH) plays an essential role in reducing child labour across the island. “We find that children, especially those who are poor and who live in the rural areas, are being pulled from schools to participate in economic...

Director of Safety and Security in Schools at the Ministry of Education, Sergeant Coolridge Minto, is calling on students to take a stand against immorality in order to help correct some of the things that are wrong in the society. He said that the time has come for children to start “speaking up and speaking out” against abuse, crime, corruption...

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, has called on parents to prioritise their children’s education over ‘bashment’ living, which he describes as “choosing substance over poppy show.” Speaking at the Schoolfield Primary and Infant School’s graduation ceremony in St. Elizabeth on June 25, the Minister said Jamaicans must know and appreciate that education is substance. “We need to put...

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...

The administrators, teachers, volunteers and stakeholders of Kitson Town All-Age School are forming useful partnerships aimed at further developing the institution. These partnerships involve infrastructure improvement and the establishment of support organisations. “Support is not all where we want it to be, but where we can partner we do that,” Principal of the St. Catherine-based school, Nerica Powell-Hay, told JIS...

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...