Latest

Executive Director, Jamaica Tertiary Education Commission, Maxine Henry-Wilson addressing a public forum on ‘Financing Tertiary Education’ held on February 25, at the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ) auditorium in New Kingston.

Jamaicans Urged to Enroll in Accredited Tertiary Institutions

Executive Director, Jamaica Tertiary Education Commission, Maxine Henry-Wilson, is urging Jamaicans to enroll in accredited and reputable institutions when pursuing tertiary studies. “We use the word university very loosely in Jamaica, with (institutions) calling themselves university, and they are not...

Miss Hanover Festival Queen 2013, Yolanda Ellis (right), presents a fruit basket to guest speaker and Principal of the Sam Sharpe Teachers' College, Dr. Asburn Pinnock, during the 130th anniversary civic ceremony commemorating the birth of the National Hero, Rt. Excellent Sir Alexander Bustamante, which was held at Blenheim, in Hanover, on February 24.

Principal Calls for Discipline and Positive Values

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, unveils a plaque on February 20 dedication ceremony at the Cedar Grove Academy in Portmore, St. Catherine. Applauding (from left) are: Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites; Principal of the school, Otis Brown; Chairman, Board of Governors, Rev. Dr. Wellesley Blair; and Advisor to the Prime Minister, Delano Franklyn.

New Cedar Grove Academy Aiming For Excellence

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (right), listens as student of St. Andrew College, Ricardo Martin (left), explains his school’s 4-H Club display which was mounted during the Kingston 4-H Clubs’ Annual Parish Achievement Day at the Duhaney Park Primary School, in Kingston, on February 21. Looking on (from second left) are: Director of the Jamaica 4-H Clubs Board, Clifton Grant; and Executive Director of the Jamaica 4-H Clubs, Ronald Blake.

4-H Clubs Encouraged to Supply Food to Schools

From left: Senior Director Workforce Development and Employment at HEART, Denworth Finnikin; Regional Director in the Ministry of Education Region 3, Maxine Headlam; Custos of St. Ann, Hon. Norma Walters; and Executive Director, HEART Trust/NTA, Dr. Wayne Wesley, look at the plaque and new logo of the HEART College of Hospitality Services. Occasion was the official renaming ceremony of the Runaway Bay HEART Hotel and Training Institute, held on Thursday, February 20, at the facility in St. Ann.

Runaway Bay HEART Hotel Renamed

12 years ago CommerceEducation

4-H Club Training 600 Young Persons

The Jamaica 4-H Club has begun a programme to train 600 young persons for self-employment and jobs in the logistics hub. Making the announcement on February 21, at the Club’s Kingston Parish Achievement Day activities at the Duhaney Park Primary School, Executive Director of the Jamaica 4-H Club, Ronald Blake, disclosed that the participants, all of whom are over 17...

12 years ago Education

Government Seeking Partners to Expand Schools

The National Education Trust (NET) is eager to partner with philanthropic and investor interests in expanding and modernising the country’s school plants. This was the word from Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, as he addressed the dedication ceremony for The Cedar Grove Academy in Portmore, St. Catherine, on Thursday, February 21. The school is the first to be...

Minister of Education, Rev. Hon. Ronald Thwaites (right), explains the use of the computer keyboard to young Gerald Bolton (seated), at the opening of the refurbished laboratory at the Voluntary Organization for the Upliftment of Children (VOUCH) in Kingston on February 21. Others looking on are: President Elect, Jamaica Teachers

12 years ago Education

Development of VOUCH as Special Needs Centre Begins September

Beginning September, the Voluntary Organization for the Upliftment of Children (VOUCH) will be developed as a state-of-the-art centre for the assessment of children with special needs at the early childhood level. "We want to equip this place, starting September, for it to be the only state-of-the-art assessment diagnostic and therapeutic centre for the early childhood sector," Education Minister, Hon. Rev....

12 years ago Education

More Computers for Children at VOUCH

Students at the Voluntary Organization for the Upliftment of Children (VOUCH), Heroes Park, in Kingston, are now in a better position to learn more about information technology, as they have received 10 new computers. The computers, valued at $600,000, have been donated by the Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA). There are now 14 computers in the laboratory. Speaking at the official...

12 years ago EducationPrime Minister

PM Urges Church to Play a Greater Role in Schools

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, is calling for the church to have a more dynamic presence in schools. This, she said, is in order to help in shaping the lives of students, who are being prepared to take on the “tough challenges of life”. Mrs. Simpson Miller, who was addressing the dedication ceremony for The Cedar Grove...

Prime Minister the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller on February 20 added her voice to the “clarion call” for churches to reengage its mission of values training by reaching the country’s youths through an increased partnership with the education sector. She made the appeal at the dedication ceremony of the Cedar Grove Academy in Portmore, St. Catherine which is a partnership between the Ministry of Education and the New Testament Church of God in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands. Photographed at right are: Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors for the Cedar Grove Academy, Rev. Dr. Roy Notice (slightly hidden), Chairman of the School Board, Rev. Dr. Wellesly Blair, Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade and Member of Parliament, Hon. Arnaldo Brown, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Elaine Foster-Allen and Acting Mayor of Portmore, Councillor Leon Thomas.

12 years ago EducationPrime Minister

Prime Minister Calls on Church to Increase its Partnership With the Education Sector

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller has added her voice to the “clarion call” for churches to reengage its mission of values training by reaching the country’s youths through an increased partnership with the education sector. Describing the church’s contribution to society as “large and legendary”, the Prime Minister said: “It is arguable that when the church had...

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (right), is welcomed by Jamaica Diaspora Advisory Board Member, Leo Gilling, at the opening ceremony of the Diaspora Education Summit, which is being held at the Hilton Rose Hall Resort and Spa in Montego Bay from February 18 to 21, under the theme:

12 years ago Education

Mandatory Course in Special Education

Beginning this September, a mandatory course in Special Education is expected to be included in the curriculum of teachers’ colleges across the island. Making the announcement on February 20, Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, said heads of teachers’ colleges have been instructed to incorporate the course as part of the Government’s increased focus on special education. “We expect that...