The Jamaican Diaspora Education Task Force has joined forces with the Jamaica Teacher’s Association (JTA) to stage the first education summit in the island next month. The event, which will be in two phases, will kick-off at the Hilton Hotel on February 18, with over 300 education stakeholders from western Jamaica, as well as representatives from overseas. On February 19,...

Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, has challenged the local suppliers of Internet access to expand their reach, especially across rural Jamaica, so that more students will be able to benefit from online learning programmes. “We need Internet access to all the nooks and crannies of Jamaica, to where the more than 1,100 public schools are by 2015, and we...

The Ministry of Education is scheduled to meet on Monday, December 30, with several chairs of school boards in an effort to secure the compliance of their principals who have been enrolled in the Effective Principals’ Training Programme since November 2012. The meeting, to be held in Mandeville, follows the recent disclosure in Parliament by Education Minister, the Hon. Rev....

Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, has announced that the administration of one local teachers training college has decided to restructure the institution’s programmes to focus more on offering courses in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). While not identifying the college, Rev. Thwaites welcomes the decision, taken recently and communicated to him, noting that it augurs well for the...

As a young, vibrant and exceptionally dedicated educator, Anthony Murray, Principal of Lethe Primary School in St. James, has gained the respect of his colleagues and associates, as he advances the educational development of the children. Mr. Murray became Principal of the school in September 2011, and immediately set about transforming the struggling institution, with the support of the entire...

Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, says the Ministry is committed to identifying approximately $150 million in additional resources during the 2014/15 fiscal year to advance the national mathematics project, which is aimed at achieving grade four student mastery in the subject, by 2018. Rev. Thwaites notes that the original 2015 target will not be met, based on the below...

The Government is making good on its promise to roll out the Tablets in Schools pilot project, with Cabinet approving the allocation of $1.4 billion from the Universal Service Fund, to implement the initiative. Some 25,000 tablets will be issued to students and teachers in 38 schools, ranging from infant departments to special education institutions, and teachers’ colleges, across the...