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Administrative Assistant at the Clarendon Branch of the National Youth Service (NYS), Melissa Morris, was awarded first place in the NYS Essay Competition which was held under the theme 'Youth on a Mission'. The competition was launched in November 2012 as part of Youth Month activities, and was geared towards unearthing the creative writing capabilities of Administrative Assistants in the...

More than 200 at-risk youths have completed a six month on-the-job training programme under the Citizen Security and Justice Programme II (CSJP II), in partnership with the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF). The participants, who are from a total of 25 CSJP communities in the Kingston Metropolitan Area (KMA) and Montego Bay, provided skilled labour to the JDF in the areas...

Education officers will begin to receive some $557 million in retroactive payments in June 2013. The Government, on December 19,signed the Heads of Agreement to provide for the payments at a ceremony held at the Ministry of Finance and Planning in Kingston. The signatories included Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry, Hon. Horace Dalley; Minister of Education, Rev. the Hon....

Education Minister, Rev. the Hon. Ronald Thwaites, says that the Alternative Secondary Transitional Education Programme (ASTEP) has not “done what it was supposed to do.” Speaking on the Jamaica Information Service’s (JIS) Issues and Answers programme with Ian Boyne, the Education Minister said that several of the students in the programme have severe emotional and cognitive problems and their needs...

The winner of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) Schools’ Essay Competition is upper sixth form student of Munro College, St. Elizabeth, Raheem Smith. Upper sixth form student of Clarendon College, Kameesha Beecher, copped second place winner, while Shavine Briscoe, a student of Cornwall College, Montego Bay, placed third. At a prize-giving ceremony held on...

Ashroan Fraser strongly believes in the philosophy that success is not determined by where one begins in life, but is instead influenced by how well an individual moves on from where they started. It is this mindset that motivates this young man, who is one of the 2012 Programme of Advancement through Health and Education (PATH) tertiary scholarship recipients. Born...

Education Minister, Rev. the Hon. Ronald Thwaites, has reiterated his commitment to restructuring the education budget in an effort to ensure that there is equity across the sector, particularly as it relates to early childhood education. Speaking at a press briefing at the Ministry’s Heroes Circle offices on December 12, Mr. Thwaites said that at present, early childhood education only...

Education Minister, Rev. the Hon. Ronald Thwaites, has informed that the Jamaica Teaching Council (JTC) Bill is now in its final stages. The proposed legislation makes provision for the strengthening of the regulatory framework for the teaching profession and the establishment of the Jamaica Teaching Council, as the agency responsible for excellence in the teaching profession through regulation (registration, licensing,...

The Ministry of Education has collaborated with academia to develop a “respect agenda” aimed at addressing anti-social behaviour among students, and promote the importance of education. This was disclosed by Portfolio Minister, Rev. the Hon. Ronald Thwaites last evening (December 12), at a thanksgiving dinner held at the Terra Nova All-Suites Hotel off Waterloo Road in honour of retirees of...

Education Minister, Rev. the Hon. Ronald Thwaites, says he will be working assiduously to effect a number of critical changes to the country’s educational framework, in an effort to create a quality system, which will benefit the children of Jamaica.     Speaking at a press briefing at his Heroes Circle offices in Kingston, on December 12, Rev. Thwaites pointed out...

The Ministry of Education is reporting progress by schools in implementing the recommendations put forward by the National Education Inspectorate (NEI) to improve performance standards. The recommendations followed the NEI’s assessment of 135 primary and secondary schools during the period September 2010 to March 2011, which found that several institutions were struggling in key areas. Portfolio Minister, Rev. the Hon. Ronald...

The Ministry of Education will pilot, for the first time, Live and on Demand Content (educational) in 50 remote schools via Internet Protocol Television (IP TV) and 10 schools via free to air television, by January 2013. This was disclosed by Minister of Education, Rev. The Hon. Ronald Thwaites, at the sitting of the House of Representatives on December 11....