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Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (right), converses with Holmwood Technical High School student, Olivia Swaby (centre); and Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) Managing Director, Colin Campbell, during Monday’s (October 7) launch of the institution’s community school bus service at the Manchester Parish Council’s municipal parking lot in Mandeville. The initiative will see students being transported between Mandeville and Holmwood’s campus in Christiana, Manchester.
Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (right), converses with Holmwood Technical High School student, Olivia Swaby (centre); and Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) Managing Director, Colin Campbell, during Monday’s (October 7) launch of the institution’s community school bus service at the Manchester Parish Council’s municipal parking lot in Mandeville. The initiative will see students being transported between Mandeville and Holmwood’s campus in Christiana, Manchester.

School Administrations Encouraged to Set Up Bus Systems for Students

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,...
Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (left), has a quick word with Archbishop Emeritus, Rev. Donald James Reece, at the opening session of the St. Joseph’s Teachers’ College’s inaugural Research Day on October 3.
Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (left), has a quick word with Archbishop Emeritus, Rev. Donald James Reece, at the opening session of the St. Joseph’s Teachers’ College’s inaugural Research Day on October 3.

Promotion of Teachers must be Based on Value
Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (left), has a quick word with Archbishop Emeritus, Rev. Donald James Reece, at the opening session of the St. Joseph’s Teachers’ College’s inaugural Research Day on October 3.
Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (left), has a quick word with Archbishop Emeritus, Rev. Donald James Reece, at the opening session of the St. Joseph’s Teachers’ College’s inaugural Research Day on October 3.

Promotion of Teachers must be Based on Value
Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna (left), presents a gift voucher to a recipient of the Urban Development Corporation’s (UDC) 2013 Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) scholarship award, Shavelle Shaw, during a luncheon at the Jamaica Conference Centre in Kingston, recently. Twenty-nine students, whose parents are employed to the UDC were presented with gift vouchers of $10,000 each.
Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna (left), presents a gift voucher to a recipient of the Urban Development Corporation’s (UDC) 2013 Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) scholarship award, Shavelle Shaw, during a luncheon at the Jamaica Conference Centre in Kingston, recently. Twenty-nine students, whose parents are employed to the UDC were presented with gift vouchers of $10,000 each.

GSAT Students Honoured for Hard Work and Dedication
Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (right), greets Mexican Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Gerardo Lozan (left), during the foreign languages annual general meeting today (Sept. 27), at the Ministry’s Caenwood Centre Auditorium in Kingston. Looking on is Modern Language Education Officer in the Ministry, Martha Corbett-Baugh.
Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (right), greets Mexican Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Gerardo Lozan (left), during the foreign languages annual general meeting today (Sept. 27), at the Ministry’s Caenwood Centre Auditorium in Kingston. Looking on is Modern Language Education Officer in the Ministry, Martha Corbett-Baugh.

Education Ministry Improving Content of Foreign Language Studies

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Retired Principal Urges Teachers To Be Role Models

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...
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Contribution of Alumni Organisations Vital – Rev. Thwaites

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...
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Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (left), converses with Holmwood Technical High School Principal, Paul Bailey (centre), and North East Manchester Member of Parliament, Audley Shaw, during a visit to the institution’s campus in Manchester on Thursday (Sept. 26). Behind them is one of the two buses currently contracted by the school to provide transportation services for students.
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Education Minister Praises Widespread Support for Holmwood

Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, has praised the persons and organizations extending support to bereaved students and staff at Holmwood Technical High School in Christiana, Manchester. The support was extended to help them come to terms with last Wednesday’s (September 25) tragic road accident in the parish which claimed the lives of four of the institution’s students and injured...
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Use Heart Trust/NTA to Develop National Standards for Driver Education – Minister Thwaites

Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, is proposing that the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing solicit the HEART Trust/National Training Agency’s (NTA) assistance in developing national standards for driver education, as part of efforts to reduce accidents and fatalities on the nation’s roads. Speaking at Friday’s (September 27) launch of the Transport Ministry’s three-month islandwide road safety campaign tour...
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Students and staff of Holmwood Technical High School in Manchester, disembarking one of two buses contracted by the institution’s management to provide transportation services for students.
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Holmwood to Expand Bus Service in Wake of Tragic Accident

Principal of Holmwood Technical High School in Manchester, Paul Bailey, says the institution’s management will be moving to expand the bus service currently provided for students. This, he contends, is necessary in light of Wednesday’s (September 25) traffic accident in the parish, which claimed the lives of four of the school’s students and injured approximately 30 others. The four, three...
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Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (3rd right); and Programme Manager, Poverty Reduction Programme, Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Dr. Eleanor Henry (right); interacts with graduates of the Rae Town Employment Skills Training and Entrepreneurship Development Programme, at a ceremony held on September 26, at the Jamaica Business Development Centre Incubator and Resource Centre in Kingston.
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Rae Town Residents Benefit From Skills and Entrepreneurship Training

Thirty residents of the Rae Town community in Kingston have benefitted from a skills training and entrepreneurship programme that was undertaken at a cost of approximately $1.3 million. The Rae Town Employment Skills Training and Entrepreneurship Development Programme was implemented by the Morris Entrepreneurship Centre of Northern Caribbean University (NCU), in association with the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), with...
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Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (right), joins hands with students and teachers of Holmwood Technical High School in Christiana, Manchester, during Thursday’s (Sept. 26) special devotional exercise at the institution, held in the aftermath of Wednesday’s (Sept. 25) tragic road accident in Chudleigh, in the parish, which claimed the lives of four of the school’s students, and injured several others.
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Education Minister Leads Team to Comfort Grieving Students at Holmwood

Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, led a team of Ministry officials from Kingston to visit bereaved students and staff of the Holmwood Technical High School, in Christiana, Manchester, on Thursday, September 26. Their visit came in the aftermath of Wednesday’s (September 25) fatal traffic accident in Chudleigh, Manchester, which claimed the lives of four of the institution’s students and...
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