Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, is urging principals and other high school administrators to ensure that literacy or numeracy challenges which new students entering their institutions may have, are addressed as a matter of priority. “When you go in with the grade seven students in September...spend the time to get to know them and if there are weaknesses in...

Two students of the Greenwich All-Age School in Kingston, Romario Rowe and Chanel McGregor, who performed outstandingly in this year’s Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT), have been awarded five-year scholarships valued $300,000 each towards their secondary education by state oil refinery, Petrojam Limited. Both youngsters, whose results topped their school’s list of GSAT candidates, will each receive $60,000 per year...

The Ministry of Education, through the National Parenting Support Commission (NPSC), will host a series of Information Fairs during the month of August, under the theme: ‘Surviving the Transition to Secondary School’. These fairs are being staged to provide assistance to parents whose children will be attending secondary schools in the new academic year. The first in the series will...

The Ministry of Education is collaborating with a number of entities to ensure that schools in need of repairs are ready before the start of the 2013/14 academic year, which begins in September. Speaking to journalists following a meeting of the Rotary Club of downtown Kingston at the Hotel Four Seasons in Kingston, on August 7, Portfolio Minister, Hon. Rev....

With the 2013 hurricane season approaching its most active period, Jamaicans are being urged to increase their preparedness efforts. Predictions given in May were for an overly active 2013 season with a 70 per cent likelihood of up to 17 named storms and as many as 10 developing into hurricanes. Speaking in an interview with JIS News, Acting Director General...

Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, is reminding school administrators not to sacrifice the academic performance of student athletes, as they seek to boost their schools’ reputation in sports. This is in response to reports that several student athletes are not performing at the required academic levels for their grades. The Minister said he received information that many of the participants...

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, is encouraging parents and guardians to exercise greater vigilance when shopping for text books. “I’m appealing to parents to be wise in shopping for books…simple financial prudence would mean that we buy what is necessary to start, and then get others  at a later date,” the Minister said. He was addressing the NCB...

The Ministry of Education is currently in discussion with several local and international partners regarding investment opportunities, which can be created within the education sector. This was disclosed by Portfolio Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, at a meeting of the Rotary Club of downtown Kingston, held  at the Hotel Four Seasons in Kingston, on August 7. “We have a number...

Chairperson of the National Commission on Reparations (NCR), Professor Verene Shepherd, is urging Jamaicans to educate themselves about reparation, as the country continues to suffer from the legacies of slavery. “Slavery is not too remote in the past for it to have contemporary relevance. The relationship between historical injustices, persistent poverty, and diminishing opportunities and development are poorly understood by...