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Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (2nd left), is greeted by students at the Red Hills Primary School in St. Andrew, at the official opening of the institution on February 26. Looking on in background is Member of Parliament for West Rural St. Andrew, Paul Buchanan. (FILE)

No Entry Test for Primary Schools – Minister Thwaites

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, is again calling on primary school principals to desist from administering entry tests to new students, noting that admission must only be based on space availability. He issued the reminder as he addressed...

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (right), in discussion with President, University of Technology (UTech), Professor Errol Morrison, at the presentation of a software to assist deaf students learn the English Language, at the Lister Mair Gilby School for the Deaf, Hope Estate, Kingston, on February 26. At left is Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell.

UTech Develops Software to Assist Deaf Students

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (2nd right), shares a moment with (from left), Carol Dunbar of Holiday Inn SunSpree Resort; Sales Manager, Columbus Communications Jamaica Limited, Ben Buls; and Regional Manager of Wisynco Group Limited, Vivia Newman. Occasion was the media launch of the FLOW Mo’Bay City Run on February 25, at Holiday Inn in Montego Bay.

Tertiary Students to Benefit from Mo’Bay 10k Run

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

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.

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New Cedar Grove Academy Aiming For Excellence

‘The spirit of excellence is upon all of us.’ This is the value statement under which staff and students of the Cedar Grove Academy in Portmore, St. Catherine, operate. The institution, which opened its doors to its first batch of students just six months ago, is already making its mark on the local education scene, as it holds its own...

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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, 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.

12 years ago Education

4-H Clubs Encouraged to Supply Food to Schools

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, is encouraging the country’s 4-H clubs to supply some of the food needed for the Government’s school feeding programme, through the different agricultural pursuits. Lamenting that the Ministry is spending $4 billion a year to fund the school feeding programme, Rev. Thwaites said the Ministry is willing to enter into an agreement with...

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Runaway Bay HEART Hotel Renamed

The Runaway Bay HEART Hotel and Training Institute, the premier hospitality training institution in the island, has been renamed the HEART College of Hospitality Services. The name change reflects the 27-year old institution’s new college status, and strategic focus aimed at enhancing its contribution to national development, and the realization of the Vision 2030 targets, said Executive Director of HEART...

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...