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Local Government and Community Development Minister, Hon. Noel Arscott (left), makes a presentation of a basket of products from the Ebony Park Heart Academy in Clarendon, to the Bahamian Minister of Education, Hon. Jerome Fitzgerald; while Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Roger Clarke (right), looks on. The Ministers toured the Ebony Park Heart Academy and Agro Park on July 25, following a meeting at the school, to discuss the possibility of the Bahamas establishing agricultural schools in that country.

Bahamas Could Set Up Similar Agricultural Schools

Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Roger Clarke, on July 25 met with a delegation from the Bahamas, that came here to garner information on the nation’s agricultural schools, with a view to establishing similar institutions in that country. The Bahamian...

Winner of the Jamaican Foundation for Lifelong Learning’s (JFLL) poster competition, Allan Morrison (left) accepts his prize from Board Chairman of the JFLL, Audrey Hinchcliffe. The presentation was made during the staging of the JFLL’s ‘Opportunities Fair’, at Emancipation Park in Kingston on July 23.

JFLL to Roll Out High School Diploma Equivalency Programme in September

Participants from the Institute for Mobilisation, Partnership and Action for Community Transformation (IMPACT) Limited, Millicent Phillipson (right), Jane Johnson (centre) and Shanecia Hussey prepare healthy snacks to be served at several schools in the Corporate Area. The project was initially supported under the Jamaica Emergency Employment Programme (JEEP).

Healthy Fruit Snacks for Four St. Andrew Schools

World Bank representative to Jamaica, Giorgio Valentini (left), is greeted by Executive Director, GSW Animation Limited, Wayne Sinclair, following a press conference held on the campus of University of the West Indies, Mona on July 19. Also pictured is Director, Caribbean Institute of Media and Communication (CARIMAC), Professor Hopeton Dunn. The press conference was held to announce the launch of a new training programme in animation being offered by CARIMAC, in partnership with the World Bank, GSW Animation Limited and Toon Boom Animation Inc.

UWI to Provide Training in Animation

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (right), is greeted by Chairman, Mutual Building Societies Foundation (MBSF), Jeanne Robinson-Foster, when he arrived at the Knutsford Court Hotel in Kingston, on April 19, to participate in an Educational Leadership Symposium, organised by the MBSF.

Education Ministry Fully Supports Centres of Excellence Programme

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Thwaities Proposes Tertiary Education Fund

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, says Jamaica will have to look into establishing a devoted fund for the financing of tertiary education. “At some stage in the future, recognising all the restrictions of the present time, we should look at a devoted fund much like the National Housing Trust (NHT).... to invest in the tertiary education of those...

Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani schoolgirl who was shot by the Taliban last year, and her father Ziauddin Yousafzai, view a variety of books and poems, letters and essays done for Malala by girls of Hampton High School in St. Elizabeth, Jamaica. Malala and her father, on Friday (July 19), visited the High Commission in London, where High Commissioner, Her Excellency, Aloun Ndombet-Assamba (right), made the presentation.

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Shot Pakistani Schoolgirl Receives Books from Girls of Hampton

Books and poems, letters and essays done by the students of Hampton High School for Girls in Jamaica for Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani schoolgirl who was shot by the Taliban last year, were presented to her, on July 19, by High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Her Excellency, Aloun Ndombet-Assamba. This took place when Malala and her father, Ziauddin Yousafzai,...

Director of Production at the Jamaica Information Service (JIS), Enthrose Campbell, interacts with students attending summer classes at the Sandy Park Basic School in St. Andrew on Thursday, July 18, during her presentation on the topic: ‘The Importance of Learning a Second Language’. The students are beneficiaries under the University of Technology’s (UTech) Students’ Union ‘Teach the Youth’ summer outreach programme.

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Students Urged to Learn a Second Language

Director of Production, Jamaica Information Service (JIS), Enthrose Campbell, is encouraging Jamaican students to learn a second language. She said that learning a foreign language enables students to relate to other cultures, expand opportunities for employment and scholarships, and sharpen skills in their own language. “Learning a foreign language is key. Listen to your teachers and open your minds to...

Minister of Education, Rev. the Hon. Ronald Thwaites (right), interacts with a student at the Region five Back-to-School Conference held on Wednesday (July 17), at the Golf View Hotel in Mandeville.

13 years ago Education

Trained Special Education Teacher in Every School by 2016

The Ministry of Education plans to have at least one trained special education teacher in every school by 2016. This was disclosed by Portfolio Minister, Rev. the Hon. Ronald Thwaites, who said the move is in keeping with plans to further transform and improve the education system. He was addressing teachers, principals and school board chairpersons at the Region five...

Minister of Education, Rev. the Hon. Ronald Thwaites (2nd left), exchanges pleasantries with Member of Parliament for East Central St. James, Edmund Bartlett (2nd right), at yesterday’s (July 11) opening ceremony of the 12th Annual Conference of the Association of Caribbean Higher Education Administrators (ACHEA), at the Hilton Rose Hall Resort and Spa in Montego Bay, St. James yesterday (July 11). Looking on are President of ACHEA, Dr. Kofi
Nkrumah-Young (centre) and Immediate Past President of ACHEA, Clement Iton (right).

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Talks Continue on SLB Financing

Minister of Education, Rev. the Hon. Ronald Thwaites, says that discussions continue with the private financial institutions towards a workable solution for the financing of the Student Loan Bureau (SLB). He was speaking at the official opening of the 12th Annual Conference of the Association of Caribbean Higher Education Administrators held on July 11, at the Hilton Rose Hall Resort...

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, addressing the opening ceremony of the 12th annual conference of the Association of Caribbean Higher Education Administrators (ACHEA), at the Hylton Rose Hall Resort and Spa in Montego Bay, St. James, on July 11.
The conference, which will end on July 13, is being held under the theme:

13 years ago Education

Reduction of Teachers on Study Leave will Save $840 Million

MONTEGO BAY - Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, says the Ministry has begun to reduce the number of teachers and the associated cost approved for study leave, on a phased basis, which will result in the saving of some $840 million during 2013/2014. Addressing the opening ceremony of the 12th Annual Conference of the Association of Caribbean Higher...

Minister of Education, the Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites.

13 years ago Education

Education Minister Lauds Work of ESP

The positive impact that the Early Stimulation Programme (ESP) has had on the lives of thousands of children with varying disabilities, through its many interventions, has been lauded by Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites. “The ESP has come a far way and has evolved significantly over the years, which has contributed to the overall success of many individuals,...