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Public Relations Officer at the Jamaica Information Service, Oroyo Eubanks (left), engages Grade 2 students at the Allman Town Primary School as they observe Reading Day on April 8. The event is part of Western Union Reading Week, being celebrated April 7-11 under the theme: ‘A Great Reader Makes a Great Leader’.

$27 Million for Initiatives to Improve Children’s Learning Environment

As the Government continues its work to improve the learning environment for the nation’s children, $27 million will be expended this fiscal year towards this objective. The activities will be carried out under the Promoting Quality Education and Advancing the...

Dr. Rebecca Tortella, General Manager-Spanish Foundation, Victoria Tur, Deputy Spanish Ambassador and the Minister of Education Rev. Ronald Thwaites at the Jessie Ripoll Primary on Read Across Jamaica Day in May 2013. (FILE)

$205 Million for Reading Project in Primary Schools

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (right), is assisted by Rev. Lorrel Garwood to unveil the sign for the Torrington Early Childhood Centre in Westmoreland, which was opened on February 27. (FILE)

$60 Million Budgeted to Build More Classrooms

Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (left), leafs through the opening chapter of a Nancy Drew novel chosen by Allman Town Primary students Abbey-Joy Smith (centre), and Vashika Nelson, during the school’s Reading Day on April 8. The event is part of Western Union Reading Week, being celebrated April 7-11 under the theme: ‘A Great Reader Makes a Great Leader’.

Students Urged to Make Use of Libraries

Windward Road Primary and Junior High School student, Princess Rainford (seated), demonstrates her proficiency of the computer to Minister of Education, Rev. Hon. Ronald Thwaites (2nd right). The Minister was touring sections of the school, during a visit to the institution’s East Kingston location on October 24. Looking on at right, is principal, Norman Malcolm. (FILE)

$1.2 Billion to be Spent on E-Learning Project

12 years ago EducationVision 2030

Jamaica Lauded for Achieving MDG of Universal Primary Education

With a net primary school enrollment rate of over 90 per cent, Jamaica has already achieved the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of universal primary education. United Nations Resident Coordinator, Dr. Arun Kayshup, has congratulated the Ministry of Education on “meeting this important achievement”, which is the second of eight Millennium Development Goals to be achieved by 2015. The others are:...

12 years ago Budget 2014/2015EducationParliament

$940 Million for 150 School Inspections This Year

Another 150 school inspections are to be carried out this fiscal year, funded by a budget of $940 million, under the Education System Transformation Programme (ESTP). This follows the 801 inspections undertaken across the island by the National Education Inspectorate (NEI) last year. The NEI inspects, assesses and reviews the quality of education services and standards in public schools. The ESTP...

12 years ago Education

Universities Urged to Consider Non-Academic Achievements

Commissioner and Chief Executive Officer of the Jamaica Tertiary Education Commission (J-TEC), Maxine Henry-Wilson, is insisting that reform of the tertiary education system must include institutions taking into account the non-academic experience of applicants. Mrs. Henry-Wilson, who was the keynote speaker at the International University of the Caribbean (IUC) Research Day Conference 2014, held on Thursday, April 3, said currently,...

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...

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)

12 years ago Budget 2014/2015EducationParliament

$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 the allocation, $388.4 million will be used to provide improved sanitary facilities and additional classroom spaces in select educational institutions....

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...

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.

12 years ago Budget 2014/2015Education

$231 Million to Expand Classroom Blocks

Government will invest $231.5 million to expand classroom blocks in four primary and one all-age school in four parishes, this fiscal year. The schools are: Christiana and Mandeville Primary in Manchester; the Discovery Bay and Ocho Rios Primary in St. Ann; Old Harbour Primary in St. Catherine and John Mills Primary and Junior High in Kingston. Works will be carried...