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Lecturer in the Department of Government at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Dr. Clinton Hutton (left), speaking at a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank held recently at the agency’s head office in Kingston. Listening is Chairperson, National Commission on Reparations, Professor Verene Shepherd.

Course on Reparation to be Taught at UWI

A course on reparation, looking at the issue of compensation for slavery in the Caribbean, will shortly be offered at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona. The course is being designed by Lecturer in the Department of Government...

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (centre), accepts a signed agreement from Country Manager, Microsoft Jamaica Inc., Marcelle Smart (left), which will see the computer software company providing training, technical support and access to technology for Jamaica’s teachers and students. Looking on at right is Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Elaine Foster Allen. The signing took place on July 31, at the Ministry’s National Heroes Circle offices in Kingston.

Microsoft Partners with Gov’t to Enhance Technology in Schools

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Elaine Foster Allen (centre), accepts a cheque valued at US$6,000 from Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Margaret Jobson (right) during a brief handing over ceremony on July 31, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ New Kingston offices. Sharing the moment is Chief Education Officer in the Ministry, Grace McLean. The money, which represents proceeds from the Japan-Latin American and Caribbean Ladies Association 2012 Charity Bazaar, will be presented to the Balcombe Drive Primary and Junior High School in St. Andrew.

Balcombe Drive Primary and Junior High School Gets US$6,000 Donation

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

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

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Jamaicans Urged to Educate Themselves on Reparation

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...

13 years ago Education

Education Ministry to Stage Job Fair for Teachers

The Ministry of Education will host a job fair for unemployed teachers on the grounds of the Ministry at National Heroes Circle, in Kingston, on Tuesday, August 13 and Wednesday, August 14 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The fair is targeting persons who recently completed a teacher-training programme in any of the island’s tertiary institutions and are experiencing difficulties...

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Jamaicans Urged to Support Children with Disabilities

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier, is urging Jamaicans to be more supportive of children with special needs. “They need us more than ever to assist in their overall development. We also need to work much harder as a nation to create a society that is caring and inclusive for the disabled community, in keeping with the...

13 years ago Education

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...

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).

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Healthy Fruit Snacks for Four St. Andrew Schools

Students from several schools in the Corporate Area are eating healthier as a result of an initiative by the Swallowfield Church of God of Prophecy, through its Institute for Mobilisation, Partnership and Action for Community Transformation (IMPACT) Limited. Through the initiative, a group from the Swallowfield community in St. Andrew, carefully prepares and packages locally grown fruits as snacks for...

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.

13 years ago CommerceEducation

UWI to Provide Training in Animation

The University of the West Indies (UWI) will be collaborating with GSW Animation Limited, Toon Boom Animation Inc. and the World Bank to provide some 50 young persons with training and employment in professional animation. This move is in line with Jamaica’s plans to increase opportunity for local and regional animators to get a foothold in the growing US$222.8 billion...

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.

13 years ago Education

Education Ministry Fully Supports Centres of Excellence Programme

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, says the Ministry fully supports the Mutual Building Societies Foundation’s (MBSF) Centres of Excellence programme, which has resulted in significant improvements in six non-traditional high schools. “On behalf of the Ministry of Education, I stand with pride and awe at this slow but inexorable reversal of the inequalities of the past, when we...