Approximately 250 young people from communities in Eastern St. Catherine are to benefit from skills training and certification through the HEART Trust/NTA and private institutions. The training will be provided in areas such as plumbing, masonry, carpentry, electrical, information technology, and hospitality. “This will create greater opportunity for them to become employable, even outside of Jamaica,” said Member of Parliament...

The Jamaica Intellectual Property Office (JIPO) will be working with the law faculty at the Mona campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI) to offer a graduate programme in Intellectual Property (IP), as well as related training courses and summer programmes. The initiative is being taken in cooperation with the World Intellectual Property Office (WIPO) Worldwide Academy. State...

Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, said that the HEART Trust/NTA will be investing millions of dollars in equipping secondary schools with laboratories, workshop equipment and required personnel. He said that new high schools are being specifically targeted under the initiative, which is aimed at providing students with technical and vocational skills for the job market. “This is so that...

The Ministry of Education will be intensifying the promotion of uniformed groups in schools, in an effort to enhance discipline and socially acceptable behaviours among students. “We will be introducing, with more vigor than ever before, the uniformed groups. There will be more cadet corps, more scout groups, more girl guides available to Jamaican schools,” said portfolio Minister, Hon. Rev....

The Canadian-based Future Achievers International has recognised three Jamaican students for their high academic achievement and involvement in community activities. They are: student of the Hampton School in St. Elizabeth, Whitney Wallace; Head Boy at the  Negril All-age School in Westmoreland Najay Gayle, who will be attending the Manning’s School in the parish in September; and grade five student at...

Member of the Diaspora Board, in the United States, Professor Susan Davis,  says education experts exist in the Jamaican overseas community, and are ready to fill gaps in the system that have been identified by the Ministry of Education. Speaking at the just concluded 5th Biennial Jamaica Diaspora  Conference, held at the Montego Bay Convention Centre, Professor Davis said in...

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, has announced the appointment of two Diaspora Liaison Officers to work with Jamaicans to clear educational materials at ports of entry, and to provide them with adequate information on how to support institutions of learning in Jamaica. Speaking at an Education Session on Wednesday, June 19, at the 5th Biennial Jamaica Diaspora Conference,...