The Ministry of Education has earmarked some $11 billion to boost provisions for early childhood and special education institutions islandwide. Portfolio Minister, the Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, who made the disclosure during his Sectoral presentation in Parliament on Wednesday, May 15, said the allocation, which represents 14.6 per cent of the Ministry’s recurrent budget, is aimed at ensuring the provision...

The Ministry of Education is partnering with the Business Process Industry Association of Jamaica (BPIAJ) to train more workers for the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector. Portfolio Minister, Rev. the Hon. Ronald Thwaites, who made the announcement at a press briefing following a tour of call centre operations at the Montego Bay Free Zone on Friday, May 10, said...

Corporate Area students, who will be sitting the Caribbean Secondary Examination Council (CSEC) test in Mathematics later this month, can receive additional support through two math clinics to be held in Kingston. The clinics, which fall in line with the recent push by the Ministry of Education to increase the number of students passing Mathematics, are being hosted by the...

Minister of Education, Rev. the Hon. Ronald Thwaites, says that several infant schools will be merged this year to create 145 new institutions. The move is part of efforts to improve quality at the early childhood level. The Minister said many of the new schools will result from the amalgamation of three or four smaller institutions, some of which have...

The celebration of Teachers’ Day (May 8), at St. Michael’s Primary School in Kingston, was highlighted by the presentation of 10 computers to the institution by information technology firm, GTECH Jamaica. To greatly enhance the learning and teaching capacities at the school, the computers, valued at approximately US$15,000, were presented to the Principal, Dave Allen, by GTECH’s Caribbean Regional General...

The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries is to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding with a number of tertiary institutions to formulate a joint research programme, to address critical challenges in the agricultural sector. The institutions are: University of the West Indies (UWI); University of Technology (UTech); Northern Caribbean University (NCU), and the College of Agriculture, Science and Education (CASE)....

Some 7,200 students attending All-Age and Primary and Junior High Schools are scheduled to sit the Grade Nine Achievement Test (GNAT) on Friday, May 10. The GNAT will be carried out in 205 centres across the island and students will be tested on the subjects of Mathematics and Language Arts. Deputy Chief Education Officer in the Ministry of Education, Ms....