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Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, receives a painting from student at the Belair High School in Manchester, Tijesunimi Adekeye, which was done by fellow student, Alexander Taylor. Occasion was the dedication and official opening of the institution on Wednesday, January 29.

Thirty-three High Schools to be Expanded

The Government will be creating additional classroom space at the secondary level through the expansion of 33 institutions across the island during the 2014/15 fiscal year. Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, who made the announcement on Wednesday, January...

President of the Library and Information Association of Jamaica (LIAJA), Matthew Blake (2nd left), emphasises a point during discussion with (from left): Deputy Director General, Corporate Governance and Management, Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Kirk Philips; Director General of the Planning PIOJ, Collin Bullock; and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Elaine Foster Allen at the opening of the two-day PIOJ/ LIAJA conference on January 30, at the Terra Nova Hotel in Kingston.

Libraries Urged to Facilitate Discussion on Logistics Hub

Minister of Education, Hon. Ronald Thwaites (3rd left), observes while students at the Rollington Town Primary School, in Kingston, (from left, front row), Bianca Clarke (left), Jaide Littleton, and Ziggy Adams test one of the 57 computers donated by The Globe and Mail, a Canadian media group, recently. Others (from left) are: Chairman of the school Board, Garth Soares; Mayor of Kingston, Senator Angela Brown Burke; Principal of the school, Dr. Margaret Bailey; Canadian High Commissioner to Jamaica, His Excellency Robert Ready, Opposition Spokesperson on Youth, Culture and Gender Affairs, Olivia ‘Babsy’ Grange, and General Manager for the Jamaica National Building Society (JNBS), Mr. Earl Jarrett.

Technology Makes a Difference at Rollington Town Primary

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (left), converses with principal of Edwin Allen High School, Rev. Dr. Everton Walters and niece of the late Edwin Leopold Allen, Mrs. M. Gaynor, at the school’s 50th anniversary celebrations in Frankfield, Clarendon, on January 27.

Education Minister Favours Academic-Technical Fusion

Minister of Education, Rev. Hon. Ronald Thwaites (right), responds to a question at a Jamaica House press briefing at the Office of the Prime Minister on Thursday, January 23, where he elaborated on the findings of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) report. At left is National Security Minister, Hon. Peter Bunting; and Minister of Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer (centre), who hosted the briefing.

JCF Study to Help, Not Shame Schools – Minister Thwaites

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Principals Buoyed Following Meeting with Education Minister

Several issues arising from a Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) study regarding some high schools have now been clarified, following discussions involving the principals, the police, and officials from the Ministry of Education. The study, entitled ‘Education and Crime: Evidence from Prison Inmates in Jamaica’, identified 18 secondary institutions as having been attended by a large number of convicts. At the...

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JCF Study Opens Opportunities for Schools

The recent Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) study on prison inmates and links with some schools, which has caused discomfort among the schools identified, has served to open up more opportunities for these institutions to receive well needed assistance. This is according to at least two of the principals of the high/junior high schools highlighted in the research paper as having...

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (centre), and Executive Director, HEART Trust/NTA, Dr. Wayne Wesley (right), looks keenly at a robotic demonstration by President of the Jamaica College Robotic Club, Japheth Clarke. They were at a Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) integration symposium held on January 23, at the HEART College of Beauty Services, Hope Road, St. Andrew.

12 years ago Education

STEM Academies Respond to Labour Market Needs

Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, said that the move to establish Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) academies at the secondary level is a strategic response to the need for more highly qualified technology graduates for the job market. “The Ministry is fully cognizant of the need to foster the development of a cadre of young people with full...

12 years ago Education

56 Schools for Crime Prevention Initiative

A total of 56 schools across the island will receive special attention, beginning in February, as the Ministry of Education moves to provide a school-based solution for crime and violence. The 56 institutions include 18 non-traditional junior high/high schools, which were identified in a Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) study, as having being attended by a high percentage of incarcerated persons....

12 years ago Education

Parenting Commission to Lead Establishment of Community of Care

Education Minister Ronald Thwaites on January 22 charged the board of the National Parenting Support Commission (NPSC) to take the lead role in establishing a “community of care” to support behaviour management programmes in schools. Minister Thwaites met with the NPSC board, chaired by Lady Rheima Hall, a day after he announced a crime preventative initiative for schools in Parliament...

Governor of the Province of Bursa in the Republic of Turkey, Hon. Sahabettin Harput (right) and members of his delegation, tour a site in Ironshore Montego Bay on Friday, January 17, where his Government is looking to build a private high school for Jamaicans.

12 years ago Education

Ministry Looking to Build New Secondary School in Montego Bay

The Ministry of Education is looking at lands close to Montego Bay, St. James for the establishment of a new public high school to meet the demand for secondary places in the western region. “We hope to advance these plans to some level of completion in 2015,” said Portfolio Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, who made the announcement on Friday,...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Julian Robinson (second left); along with Project Engineer, Michael Hemmings (right); President of the Rotary Club of Kingston, Allison Peart (second right); and President of Junior Achievement Jamaica (JAJ), Alphie Mullings-Aiken, examine the plan for the Junior Achievement (JA) BizTown, during the ground breaking ceremony for the project held on Friday (January 17), at the Ministry of Education’s Caenwood Centre complex in Kingston.

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Students to Benefit from $20 Million ‘BIZTOWN’ Project

The Rotary Club of Kingston will spend approximately $20 million to establish a model business town at the Ministry of Education’s Caenwood Centre complex in Kingston. Targeted at grade five students, the project, dubbed: ‘Junior Achievement (JA) BizTown,’ seeks to equip young people with practical experience in business operation and management. It is being executed in partnership with the Ministry...