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Teacher at the Kitson Town Seventh Day Adventist Evening Institute, in St. Catherine, Wycliffe Brown (left), conducts a session with his students.

Kitson Town Evening Institute Provides A Second Chance

The St. Catherine based Kitson Town Seventh Day Adventist Evening Institute, with its 14 volunteer teachers, has over the past three years been offering a second chance to young people in the community who were not successful at their first try...

Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites is greeted by student ushers at Vere Technical High School where he attended the school's annual prize giving ceremony at the institution’s campus in Hayes, Clarendon, on Thursday, November 21.

Schools Urged to Address Weaknesses in English and Math

Founder and Executive Chairman LASCO Affiliated Companies, Lascelles Chin (left), presents the LASCO/Ministry of Education Teacher of the Year trophy to Janet Walters (right) from the John Rollins Success Primary School, St. James, during the recent awards ceremony held at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel New Kingston. At centre is Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education, Elaine Foster Allen.

LASCO Honours top Educators For 2013/14

Minister with Responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer (centre), listens to a question from a student, during a motivational session on November 21, at the Hampton School in St. Elizabeth. Minister Falconer is a past student of the Hampton School.

Senator Falconer Bonds with Hampton High School Students

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, emphasizes a point while addressing the Kensington Primary School’s Parent-Teachers Association (PTA) General Meeting, held on November 20 at the institution’s location in Greater Portmore, St. Catherine.

Oral Test In English Language By 2016

12 years ago Education

Early Childhood Commission: Committed to Advancing Children’s Development

The management of the Early Childhood Commission (ECC) remains resolute in their efforts to advance early childhood development in Jamaica. This assurance comes from Acting Executive Director, Early Childhood Commission, Michelle Campbell, who tells JIS News that the ECC is working assiduously to support the Ministry of Education in its efforts to prioritize early childhood development, which forms part of...

12 years ago EducationInformation

Gov’t Fast Tracks Programme To Remove Pit Latrines From Schools

The Government is accelerating its programme to provide schools across the island with modern sanitary facilities. Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer, said 53 pit latrines will be removed this academic year and replaced with flush systems. She was speaking on November 20, at the weekly Jamaica House press briefing held at the Office of the Prime Minister. A...

Acting Executive Director of the Early Childhood Commission (ECC), Michelle Campbell

12 years ago EducationJIS Think Tank

Non-Compliant Early Childhood Institutions Urged To Register

The Early Childhood Commission (ECC) is urging all operators of unregistered early childhood institutions (ECI) across the island, to become fully compliant with the agency. Acting Executive Director, ECC, Michelle Campbell, tells JIS News that it is important that all ECIs are registered with the Commission and have permits to operate in Jamaica. There are currently some 2,660 early childhood...

12 years ago Education

ECC Seeks Increased Funding for Early Childhood Education

Acting Executive Director of the Early Childhood Commission (ECC), Michelle Campbell, is calling on members of the public and private sectors to explore ways of increasing support to early childhood development in Jamaica. Speaking to JIS News in an interview recently, Mrs. Campbell says that while the Commission remains resolute in fulfilling its mandate to improve and develop the early...

Ambassador to the United States, His Excellency Stephen Vasciannie (right), listens attentively as member of the International Reggae Poster Contest (IRPC), Kathryn Buford (centre), explains the significance of one of the posters on display at the Embassy of Jamaica. Looking on (at left) is founder of the IRPC, Michael Thompson. The exhibition, which was officially opened by Ambassador Vasciannie at the Embassy on November 14, will run for one week.

12 years ago Education

Alpha Boys’ School to Benefit From Sale of Posters

The Alpha Boys’ School music department will benefit from the sale of posters that were entered in the second International Reggae Poster Contest (IRPC). The IRPC 2013 exhibition, which will run for one week at the Embassy of Jamaica in Washington, D.C., was officially opened to the public on November 14. Founder of the IRPC, Mr. Michael Thompson said that...

12 years ago EducationForeign Affairs

Alpha Boys’ School To Benefit From Sale Of Posters

Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (left), addresses the launch of the national policy for the reintegration of school aged mothers into the formal school system, at the Jamaica Conference Centre, Downtown Kingston, on November 15. Seated are: Assistant Representative, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Melisa McNeil-Barrett (left), and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Elaine Foster Allen.

12 years ago Education

Policy Launched To Ensure Teen Mothers Continue Education

The Ministry of Education has launched the much anticipated national policy for the reintegration of school aged mothers into the formal school system. The document sets out clear guidelines to ensure that teen mothers are not denied the opportunity to re-enter the formal school system, to continue their education. Production of the policy document was supported by the United Nations...