Anchovy High School, in St. James, has emerged tops in the Jamaica Productivity Centre’s (JPC) 2013 poster competition. Students and teachers of the school erupted in cheers when young Kadian Thomas was placed third; and the cheers grew even louder after Tatyna Harvey, was named winner of the competition.  The second place finisher was Anthony Smith, of Knox College. Prime...

The Ministry of Education is collaborating with the Jones Town Primary School to host a forum on Primary Education on Thursday, October 10, at the school located at 27 Love Street. This school is among a group of educational institutions that have been educating the nation’s children for over a century.  In its earlier years of operation, the school acquired...

School Boards and administrations across the island are being encouraged to follow Holmwood Technical High School’s example and establish community school bus systems,  to ensure that their students are able to commute safely. The call has come from Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, after he witnessed the launch of the Christiana-based institution’s community school bus service for its students,...

Retired principal of Hampden Primary School in St. James, Sylvia Brown, has called on teachers to be role models for their students. The veteran educator also advises teachers to show love for the children who are entrusted in their care.  “These are your children and you will not achieve much unless you first love them as your own sons and...

Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, says employment and promotion in the teaching profession must be on the basis of the value that persons can add to the tasks to which they are assigned and not necessarily on their years of service. Rev. Thwaites, who was speaking at the inaugural Research Day at St. Joseph’s Teachers’ College in Kingston, on...

Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, says employment and promotion in the teaching profession must be on the basis of the value that persons can add to the tasks to which they are assigned and not necessarily on their years of service. Rev. Thwaites, who was speaking at the inaugural Research Day at St. Joseph’s Teachers’ College in Kingston on...

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, has lauded the contribution of the various alumni organisations to the transformation of Jamaica’s education system, stating that their donations are investments “of the highest returns”. Rev. Thwaites was addressing administrators, alumni and students at Campion College in St. Andrew on September 30, at the dedication and opening ceremony for the Radley Reid...