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Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (holding trophy), with staff and Board members of the HEART Trust/NTA, on December 4 at the agency’s offices. Occasion was a celebration of the agency attaining the Jamaica Observer Business Leader 2013 award.

Education Minister Says Heart Trust/NTA is a Special Institution

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, says the HEART Trust /NTA is a special institution, on which generations of persons depend for training, and companies rely on for competent workers. Speaking on December 4 at the agency’s offices in...

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, emphasizes a point, while addressing a handing over ceremony for rehabilitation works at the St. Michael’s Infant School in Central Kingston, on December 5. Listening are (from left): Acting Principal of the school, Deverlyn Wilks-Kennedy and Managing Director, Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Scarlette Gillings.

St. Michael’s Infant School Upgraded at a Cost of $21.5 Million

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (left), presents Principal of the Lethe Primary School, Anthony Murray, with the Citation for the Leadership in Education Award, during a ceremony held at the school in Lethe, St. James, on November 29. The ceremony was held to honour the principal who has won the Award for his distinguished service in education.

Education Minister Presents Principal With Leadership Award

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (left), speaks with (from second left) teacher at the Young Women’s Christian Association, Karlene Wilks; teacher at the Christiana Leased Primary School, Tracy-Ann McGhie-Sinclair; and Executive Chairman at Carlong Publishers (Caribbean) Limited, Carl Carby. Occasion was the company’s annual Teachers’ Appreciation Luncheon held on Thursday, November 28, at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in Kingston. Mrs. McGhie-Sinclair and Ms. Wilks were two of 70 teachers being honoured for excellence in the profession.

Education Ministry Extends Consultation on Teaching Council Bill

Principal of the Reliance Basic School, in Braeton, St. Catherine, Judith Royal-Gardener (left), and Executive Director at Food For the Poor (FFP) Canada, Samantha Mahfood (second left), cut the ribbon for the official opening of the new Reliance Basic School, on November 28. Looking on are: Councillor for the Braeton Division, Anthony Wint (third left); former Board Chairman of the school, Owen Saunders on (fourth left), and students.

New Building for Students of Reliance Basic School

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Jamaicans in the West Graduate From Heart Training Course

More than 1,400 persons are better equipped to join the country’s workforce, having graduated from training courses being offered by the HEART Trust/ NTA, on Thursday, November 28. The group have been certified by one of seven HEART Institutions in Western Jamaica, at different certification levels in 19 different skills, making themselves more marketable. Delivering the main address at the...

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Schools Benefit from Sensitisation Sessions on TVET

The Ministry of Education recently conducted a series of sensitisation sessions with principals of secondary schools to advance the integration of Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in the education system. Among the strategies discussed during the sessions were: the development of a TVET Policy, which will provide a national framework for the development and sustainability of TVET in the...

Chairman of the Holland High School in Martha Brae, Trelawny, Father Carl Clarke, celebrates with top academic performers (from left) Jodi-Ann Dyer (third place); Tasheena Burrell (first place) and Shanneeka Powell (second place). Occasion was the annual prize giving ceremony held on Tuesday, November 26, at the school in Martha Brae, Trelawny.

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Education Minister says Non-Traditional High Schools Doing Well

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, says that non-traditional high schools continue to do well, with many surpassing the achievements of traditional institutions. Rev. Thwaites, who was addressing the annual prize giving ceremony of the Holland High School in Trelawny on Tuesday, November 26, said that the recent Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) results indicates that Holland, and other such...

Chair of the National Child Month Committee, Dr. Pauline Mullings. (File)

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Dr. Pauline Mullings, Educator, Mentor Par Excellence

When Nelson Mandela said: “Education is the most powerful, which can be used to change the world”, perhaps he was referring to the life and work of Dr. Pauline Mullings. Since 1975 when she first entered the classroom, as a National Youth Service (NYS) trainee teacher, Dr. Mullings’ mission has been to change lives through education. Thirty-eight years later, this...

Teacher at the Kitson Town Seventh Day Adventist Evening Institute, in St. Catherine, Wycliffe Brown (left), conducts a session with his students.

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Kitson Town Evening Institute Provides A Second Chance

The St. Catherine based Kitson Town Seventh Day Adventist Evening Institute, with its 14 volunteer teachers, has over the past three years been offering a second chance to young people in the community who were not successful at their first try at the external exam, Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC), with resounding success. Damion Johnson tells JIS News that after his...

Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites is greeted by student ushers at Vere Technical High School where he attended the school

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Schools Urged to Address Weaknesses in English and Math

Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, is urging secondary school teachers and administrators to focus on advancing students’ competencies in English Language and Mathematics, where weaknesses in these subjects have been identified. Speaking at Vere Technical High School’s annual prize giving ceremony at the institution’s campus in Hayes, Clarendon, on Thursday, November 21, Rev. Thwaites lamented that a significant percentage...

Founder and Executive Chairman LASCO Affiliated Companies, Lascelles Chin (left), presents the LASCO/Ministry of Education Teacher of the Year trophy to Janet Walters (right) from the John Rollins Success Primary School, St. James, during the recent awards ceremony held at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel New Kingston. At centre is Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education, Elaine Foster Allen.

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LASCO Honours top Educators For 2013/14

Guests attending the 2013/14 LASCO/Ministry of Education Teacher and Principal of the Year awards ceremony held recently at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, New Kingston, erupted in thunderous applause after Janet Walters and Norman Malcolm emerged the respective winners. Mr. Malcolm of the Windward Road Primary and Junior High School in Kingston and Ms. Walters from the John Rollins Success Primary...