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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...

Education Minister, Rev. the Hon Ronald Thwaites, has renewed his call for churches to strengthen their involvement in schools, particularly those that were established by them. Speaking at the official opening and dedication of the St. Cyprian’s Early Childhood Institution and Resource Centre in Highgate, St. Mary, on May 9, Rev. Thwaites noted that in several instances, where the State...

The Ministry of Education is seeking to establish 60 parents’ places across the island before the start of the new academic year in September. This was disclosed by Chief Education Officer in the Ministry, Grace McLean, during an interview with JIS News. She informed that currently, there are seven parents’ places, which were instituted last year, and the Ministry has...

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....

MONTEGO BAY - Bellevue Primary and Junior High School, and Muschett High School in Trelawny are set to benefit from upgrading and expansion by the Ministry of Education. Speaking with JIS News following a recent tour of the institutions, Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, said Bellevue has potential that must be built on and will receive attention during...

Minister of Education, Rev. the Hon. Ronald Thwaites, says boys are in need of more positive male role models to help with changing their values and attitudes so they can achieve their full potential. Rev. Thwaites says this intervention is even more critical, given the recent spate of student violence primarily involving boys. "Invariably, what we find is that there...

The Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) will be staging a series of events across the island in observance of Education Week, May 5 to 11. The week will be observed under the theme: ‘Advancing the Nation’s Human Capital Through Education’. Minister of Education, Rev. the Hon. Ronald Thwaites and JTA President, Clayton Hall, will head the list of guests expected to...

Regional Director in the Ministry of Education’s Region 5, Nadine Leachman, has called for greater focus on research to drive change in the education system. She argued that a culture of research is essential in enriching learning, raising standards and improving the overall quality in schools. “Research must not only be a requirement to obtain a degree, it must…become a...